MULTI-PARTICIPANT CONFERENCING
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    发明公开
    MULTI-PARTICIPANT CONFERENCING 有权
    KONFERENZ MIT MEHREREN TEILNEHMERN

    公开(公告)号:EP1875769A4

    公开(公告)日:2009-11-11

    申请号:EP06751923

    申请日:2006-04-27

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Some embodiments provide an architecture for establishing a multi-participant conference. This architecture has one participant's computer in the conference act as a central content distributor for the conference. The central distributor receives data (e.g., video and/or audio streams) from the computer of each other participant, and distributes the received data to the computers of all participants. In some embodiments, the central distributor receives A/V data from the computers of the other participants. From such received data, the central distributor of some embodiments generates composite data (e.g., composite image data and/or composite audio data) that the central distributor distributes back to the participants. The central distributor in some embodiments can implement a heterogeneous audio/video conference. In such a conference, different participants can participate in the conference differently. For instance, different participants might use different audio or video codecs. Moreover, in some embodiments, one participant might participate in only the audio aspect of the conference, while another participant might participate in both audio and video aspects of the conference.

    Abstract translation: 一些实施例提供了用于建立多参与者会议的架构。 该架构在会议中有一名与会者的电脑作为会议的中央内容分发商。 中央分配器从每个其他参与者的计算机接收数据(例如,视频和/或音频流),并将所接收的数据分发给所有参与者的计算机。 在一些实施例中,中央分配器从其他参与者的计算机接收A / V数据。 从这样接收的数据,一些实施例的中央分配器生成中央分配器分发给参与者的复合数据(例如,合成图像数据和/或复合音频数据)。 在一些实施例中,中央分配器可以实现异构音频/视频会议。 在这样的会议上,不同的参与者可以不同地参加会议。 例如,不同的参与者可能会使用不同的音频或视频编解码器。 此外,在一些实施例中,一个参与者可以仅参与会议的音频方面,而另一参与者可以参与会议的音频和视频方面。

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