公开(公告)号：US20170264665A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-14

申请号：US15514647

申请日：2015-09-29

Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

Inventor： Timothy STEVENS ,  Ian KEGEL ,  Andrew WILLS

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/725

CPC classification number: H04L65/80 ,  H04L45/3065 ,  H04L65/105 ,  H04L65/605 ,  H04L65/607 ,  H04L65/608

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are disclosed for managing streamed communication (such as video, audio, or audio-visual communication) between client devices and remote devices via a digital data communication network in situations where the data communication network comprises one or more routers operable to receive streamed data from one or more client devices and/or from one or more other routers, and to forward such streamed data to one or more remote devices and/or to one or more other routers such as to enable the client device and potentially-varying subsets of the one or more remote devices to participate in a communication session.