METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RATE-CONTROL OF MEDIA STREAMS WITH SELECTABLE DISCRETE LEVELS OF QUALITY IN SELECTIVE FORWARDING UNITS

    公开(公告)号:US20250158932A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-15

    申请号:US18839432

    申请日:2023-02-21

    Abstract: A method and apparatuses for rate control of a multi-quality data stream using multiple, combined probing techniques includes receiving a multi-quality data stream, adding padding packets to the multi-quality data stream to determine which data stream of the multi-quality data stream to select to communicate data packets of the multi-quality data stream, adding probing packets to the selected data stream of the multi-quality data stream to determine a bandwidth at which to communicate the selected data stream, and communicating the selected data stream to receivers using the determined bandwidth. In some embodiments, the method and apparatus can further include determining whether or not a different quality data stream of the multi-quality data stream should be selected before adding padding packets to the multi-quality data stream and/or determining if a bandwidth estimation process should be performed before adding probing packets to the selected data stream of the multi-quality data.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MEDIA COMMUNICATION PROGRAMMABLE SERVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20220368739A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17743666

    申请日:2022-05-13

    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing real-time media communication services to make use of a software application resident on a server that receives the media feeds of multiple sending participants, and generates a single composed media feed that includes media feeds of the sending participants and that sends the composed media feed to other computing services for manifold purposes like recording, re-broadcasting and/or re-transmission to remote computing devices of multiple real-time media communication participants. The composed media feed can include supplementary information in addition to the media feeds of live participants. This supplementary information is provided by means of API configurable programmatic code that is then executed and used as the software application resident on the server.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING VIDEO CONTENT IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE SESSION

    公开(公告)号:US20220311812A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17213574

    申请日:2021-03-26

    Abstract: Methods and system for integrating video content in a video conference session are provided herein. In some embodiments, the system comprises a plurality of user devices corresponding to a presenter attendee and a plurality of non-presenter attendees of the video conference, where each of the plurality of user devices comprising: a video conferencing application, comprising: a first interface for receiving connection information to the video content as selected by the presenter attendee; a second interface for embedding and displaying the video content on each of the plurality of user devices, wherein the video content is streamed directly from the content provider to each of the plurality of user devices; and a video conference server for relaying state changes of the content video content as the video content is streamed to the plurality of non-presenter user devices.

    Method and system for recalling and replaying content during a communications session

    公开(公告)号:US10516850B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-24

    申请号:US14090505

    申请日:2013-11-26

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for recalling and replaying content during a communications session are provided herein. In some embodiments, methods for replaying content during a communications session may comprise detecting a real-time communications session between two or more participant devices, storing content of the communications session transmitted between the two or more participant devices as the real-time communications session persists, receiving a control request from a first participant device of the two or more participants devices to replay a portion of the content; and transmitting the portion of the content to at least one of the participant devices as the real-time communications session persists.

    Systems and methods for accessing conference calls

    公开(公告)号:US10277747B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-30

    申请号:US15169212

    申请日:2016-05-31

    Abstract: Systems and methods notify an individual when the start time of a scheduled conference call is approaching. The systems and methods may also automatically connect the individual to the conference call. The systems and methods may obtain information about one or more scheduled conference calls directly from the individual's electronic calendar. The systems and methods may also receive a request from an individual to be connected to a conference call, and then act to automatically connect the individual to the conference call using information obtained from the individual's electronic calendar.

    Method and apparatus for VOIP communication completion to a mobile device

    公开(公告)号:US10244007B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-26

    申请号:US15925063

    申请日:2018-03-19

    Abstract: A system and method for establishing a voice over Internet protocol link to a called party's mobile telephony device utilizes push notifications to activate a communications application on the called party's mobile telephony communications device. When a request to establish a voice over Internet protocol link to a mobile device is received by an incoming proxy server of a voice over Internet protocol service provider, the service provider causes a push notification to be sent to the mobile device. The called party can respond to the push notification in a manner that causes a communications application on the mobile device to be activated. Once the push notification has caused the communications application to activate, the communications application sends a special registration request to an outbound proxy server. The special registration request causes the outbound proxy server to initiate messaging that is ultimately delivered to an inbound proxy server, the messaging identifying the outbound proxy server with which the communications application has registered. The inbound proxy server can then communicate with the outbound proxy server to obtain information that allows a voice over Internet protocol link to be established with the called party's mobile telephony device.

    Virtual identifier for emergency call handling

    公开(公告)号:US10225402B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-05

    申请号:US15352832

    申请日:2016-11-16

    Abstract: In one of its aspects the technology disclosed herein concerns an Internet Protocol (IP) telephony communication system (20) comprising a location server (150(13)) and a call server (52). The location server (150(13)) is configured to obtain a first virtual identifier associated with a first telephony visit associated with a customer account to a first physical location and to obtain a second virtual identifier associated with a second telephony visit associated with the customer account to a second physical location. The location server (150(13)) is configured to obtain the first virtual identifier and the second virtual identifier in coordination with an emergency answering service (58). The call server (52) is configured to provide the emergency answering service (58) with an appropriate one of the first virtual identifier and the second virtual identifier in accordance with whichever of the first physical location and the second location is an emergency location from which an emergency call associated with the customer account is placed.

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