公开(公告)号：US20210176287A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US17180184

申请日：2021-02-19

Applicant: Polycom, Inc.

Inventor： Jozef Saniga ,  Jeffrey Adams ,  Eric Nylander

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: A technique for merging conference session dialogs allows presenting content and media streams from a non-Skype endpoint to a Skype multipoint control unit (MCU), so that they present a single caller in a conference with both media and content. A signaling adapter intercepts session dialogs and merges or other modifies. When adding the non-Skype endpoint, requests from a content server are dropped while requests from the MCU handling non-Skype media streams are forwarded to the Skype MCU. Responses to the request from the MCU are also forwarded to the content server. When creating subscription dialogs, requests from the content server are modified to appear as if they came from the MCU, while responses go back to the proper requester. Conference notifications are forked to go to both the content server and the MCU. Because Skype uses separate media and content dialogs, merging of audio/video and content dialogs may be omitted. By merging dialogs, user experience is improved.

公开(公告)号：US20180288111A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15939517

申请日：2018-03-29

Applicant: Polycom, Inc.

Inventor： Jozef Saniga ,  Jeffrey Adams ,  Eric Nylander

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: A technique for merging conference session dialogs allows presenting content and media streams from a non-Skype endpoint to a Skype multipoint control unit (MCU), so that they present a single caller in a conference with both media and content. A signaling adapter intercepts session dialogs and merges or other modifies. When adding the non-Skype endpoint, requests from a content server are dropped while requests from the MCU handling non-Skype media streams are forwarded to the Skype MCU. Responses to the request from the MCU are also forwarded to the content server. When creating subscription dialogs, requests from the content server are modified to appear as if they came from the MCU, while responses go back to the proper requester. Conference notifications are forked to go to both the content server and the MCU. Because Skype uses separate media and content dialogs, merging of audio/video and content dialogs may be omitted. By merging dialogs, user experience is improved.

公开(公告)号：US10951669B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US15939517

申请日：2018-03-29

Applicant: Polycom, Inc.

Inventor： Jozef Saniga ,  Jeffrey Adams ,  Eric Nylander

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04M7/00

Abstract: A technique for merging conference session dialogs allows presenting content and media streams from a non-Skype endpoint to a Skype multipoint control unit (MCU), so that they present a single caller in a conference with both media and content. A signaling adapter intercepts session dialogs and merges or other modifies. When adding the non-Skype endpoint, requests from a content server are dropped while requests from the MCU handling non-Skype media streams are forwarded to the Skype MCU. Responses to the request from the MCU are also forwarded to the content server. When creating subscription dialogs, requests from the content server are modified to appear as if they came from the MCU, while responses go back to the proper requester. Conference notifications are forked to go to both the content server and the MCU. Because Skype uses separate media and content dialogs, merging of audio/video and content dialogs may be omitted. By merging dialogs, user experience is improved.

公开(公告)号：US10681309B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-09

申请号：US15939501

申请日：2018-03-29

Applicant: Polycom, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Adams ,  Eric Nylander ,  Damian Diaz ,  Chad Alexander ,  Joanne Kubischta ,  George David ,  Matt Parker ,  Jozef Saniga ,  Ryan Hermanson

IPC: H04N7/15 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N19/40 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: A non-Skype multipoint control unit (MCU) is configured to operate differently for handling incoming streams from endpoints and outgoing streams from a Skype multipoint control unit. When passing incoming streams from non-Skype endpoints to a Skype conference, the non-Skype MCU acts as a gateway, passing the streams to Skype MCU as if they were coming from Skype endpoints. When receiving outgoing streams from Skype MCU, the non-Skype MCU acts as an MCU, transcoding, compositing, and scaling streams into continuous presence layouts for delivery to the non-Skype endpoints. Thus, non-Skype endpoints can participate in Skype conferences as if they were Skype endpoints, allowing a better user experience for both Skype endpoints and non-Skype endpoints.

公开(公告)号：US20180288368A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15939501

申请日：2018-03-29

Applicant: Polycom, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Adams ,  Eric Nylander ,  Damian Diaz ,  Chad Alexander ,  Joanne Kubischta ,  George David ,  Matt Parker ,  Jozef Saniga ,  Ryan Hermanson

IPC: H04N7/15 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N19/40

CPC classification number: H04N7/152 ,  H04L65/403 ,  H04L65/605 ,  H04L65/608 ,  H04L67/2823 ,  H04L69/08 ,  H04N19/40

Abstract: A non-Skype multipoint control unit (MCU) is configured to operate differently for handling incoming streams from endpoints and outgoing streams from a Skype multipoint control unit. When passing incoming streams from non-Skype endpoints to a Skype conference, the non-Skype MCU acts as a gateway, passing the streams to Skype MCU as if they were coming from Skype endpoints. When receiving outgoing streams from Skype MCU, the non-Skype MCU acts as an MCU, transcoding, compositing, and scaling streams into continuous presence layouts for delivery to the non-Skype endpoints. Thus, non-Skype endpoints can participate in Skype conferences as if they were Skype endpoints, allowing a better user experience for both Skype endpoints and non-Skype endpoints.