Abstract: A user interface of a video conference system includes a bi-axial display of highlight information corresponding to highlights designated by participants in a video conference. The biaxial display shows highlights organized in timeline fashion within a panel arranged alongside a display of conference participants, and indications of those highlights within a timeline associated with the display of conference participants. The highlights organized in timeline fashion within the panel may include spaces for comments by the conference participants. Moreover, the panel may be configurable to display either the spaces for comments by the conference participants or an annotated transcript of the video conference, the transcript being annotated with indicators of instances of the highlights.

Abstract: A video conferencing may include a virtual whiteboard for displaying annotations and streaming of a physical whiteboard, indexing of physical whiteboard content, and compositing and projection of remote whiteboard content onto a local whiteboard.

Abstract: A user interface for a video conference session includes selection options for selecting one or more sharing modes, at least some of the selection options presented in a hierarchical fashion on the user interface. The sharing modes may include a screen sharing mode, an application sharing mode and a window sharing mode.

Abstract: A server receives a user device request from a user device to connect to a video conference. The server authenticates the user device request to access the video conference. The server and user device perform a plurality of data exchanges between the server and user device in order to configure a video conference connection according to a set of user device capabilities and account permissions. The server defaults to a predefined configuration connection state when a failure of the data exchanges is detected in order to provide the user device with a minimum connection state to the video conference. The server connects the user device to the video conference in accordance with the configuration state determined by the server.

Abstract: Continuous group presence is managed during a video conference by, for example, connecting a first video conferencing endpoint to a video conference session having at least one secondary video conferencing endpoint, receiving a trigger condition at the first video conference endpoint, determining if the trigger condition exceeds a predetermined threshold, and transmitting through the video conference session, a trigger notification, wherein the trigger notification enables an audio connection from the first conferencing endpoint to at least one secondary video conferencing endpoint.

Abstract: Video conferencing is provisioned with, for example, procedures for simultaneously connecting two or more endpoints to the same video conference. Such procedures may be particularly useful for automatically initiating a video conference involving room system endpoints.

Abstract: During a video conference meeting, a virtual assistant may provide in-meeting assistance responsive to verbalized group intent. The virtual assistant may automatically perform actions, such as recording notes, creating calendar events, and obtaining information derived from previous meetings, in response to the detected group intent. The virtual assistant may also provide pre-meeting assistance.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for securing access to sensitive information used by on-premises devices in a distributed system. For example, embodiments include securing access to sensitive calendar items in a video conferencing service.

Abstract: User interfaces are displayed for providing accessory selection options for video conferencing endpoint devices of a video conferencing endpoint. A determination of available input and output accessories for the endpoint is made and the options are presented simultaneously with one another via one or more of the user interfaces. Each respective accessory, along with informative metadata and performance indicators, is displayed for selection by a user for use with the endpoint.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for provision of a brute force attack protection service to a middleware service, for example in the context of a distributed computing system receiving requests for connection from remote client devices. The brute force attack protection service may avoid relying upon presenting a Turing challenge at client devices for identifying and handling malicious requests for access or resources at the middleware service.

Abstract: A data stream from an internal endpoint of a video conference participant is received at an enterprise media processing node. The internal endpoint is accessible to the enterprise media processing node behind a firewall on an enterprise network. The received data stream is translated and transcoded into a predefined common communication protocol. A data stream in the common communication protocol is received at an external media processing node using a firewall friendly protocol to traverse the firewall from an external endpoint. The external endpoint communicates with the external media processing node outside the enterprise network. A composite data stream of the received data streams from endpoints within the enterprise network and outside the enterprise network is selectively generated, and sent to the internal endpoint.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for provision of video conferencing with, for example, a virtual whiteboard for displaying annotations and streaming of a physical whiteboard, indexing of physical whiteboard content, and compositing and projection of remote whiteboard content onto a local whiteboard.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for customizing a video conferencing user experience using a virtual assistant, and/or assisting a user in diagnosing issues concerning a video conferencing user experience. The virtual assistant may address issues based on automatically detected meeting quality measures as well as issues verbally communicated to the assistant by a user at an endpoint.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and machine readable media for implementing a teleconferencing system using transparent relays. The transparent relays may be used to push network probing and certain functionalities as close as possible to each teleconferencing endpoint in order to improve overall video performance.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for a user interface presenting audio and/or video streams.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for provision of video conferencing with load balancing. In some embodiments, a protocol connector module receives a media processing request from a client application for the video conference endpoint device and a client application identifier, a profile for the client application is retrieved using the client application identifier, at least one load balancing capability is determined for the client application using the identifier, a load balancing technique is selectively performed based on the at least one load balancing capability, and performance of the client application is logged with the load balancing technique in the profile.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for provision of video conference services. In some embodiments, a service connector module of a video conference system receives a request to switch a participant user of a video conference to a communication mode for the video conference received at a participant endpoint device, the request to switch is (a) a request to switch from an unidirectional communication mode to a bidirectional communication mode, or (b) a request to switch from the bidirectional communication mode to the unidirectional communication mode, determining information on at least one distribution capability from one or more interactions with the participant endpoint device, determines a distribution scheme for the communication mode using the at least one distribution capability, sends a request to establish a connection with the endpoint device using the distribution scheme, receives a notification on establishment of the connection, and sends a request to terminate a prior connection.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for assigning a plurality of endpoints of a video conference system to a plurality of encoders located on a server of the video conference system. At least a first group of the endpoints is assigned to first one of the encoders, and at least a second group of the endpoints, the second group disjoint from the first group, is assigned to a second one of the encoders.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for provision of video conferencing with reflector MCUs, transcoder MCUs, and/or combinations thereof. In some embodiments, a protocol connector module of a video conference system receives information on multi-data stream composition capabilities of a client application for a participant endpoint device of a video conference, session state information is received for creation of a composite of received video conference data streams for presentation at the client application, and instructions are selectively sent for handling media processing for each of the received video conference data stream from other participant devices based on the received multi-data stream composition capabilities information of the client application.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for joining a video conference endpoint to a video conference. A user may use a mobile device to take a picture of a Quick Response (QR) code or may place the mobile device in close proximity to a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag. Such QR code or NFC tag may be associated with a video conference endpoint. The user may then transmit the information encoded by the QR code or NFC tag, along with a meeting identifier, to a server. The server, in turn, may instruct a video conference endpoint identified by the QR code or NFC tag to join a video conference identified by the meeting identifier.