Patents by Inventor Anand R. Setlur

Anand R. Setlur has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Offload of server-based videoconference to client-based video conference
    Patent number: 8395654
    Abstract: An apparatus in one example, the apparatus comprising a server configured to host a videoconference call comprising a plurality of voice and video streams, the server being communicatively associable with a plurality of clients in the videoconference call. The server being configured to determine a computing capacity of each of the plurality of clients and to hand over hosting the videoconference call to a selected one of the plurality of clients based on a computing capacity, wherein hosting the videoconference call comprises mixing the plurality of the voice and video streams into a consolidated stream, where the consolidated stream is communicated to all of the clients other than the selected client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Anand R. Setlur
  • Offload of server-based videoconference to client-based video conference
    Publication number: 20120169836
    Abstract: An apparatus in one example, the apparatus comprising a server configured to host a videoconference call comprising a plurality of voice and video streams, the server being communicatively associable with a plurality of clients in the videoconference call. The server being configured to determine a computing capacity of each of the plurality of clients and to hand over hosting the videoconference call to a selected one of the plurality of clients based on a computing capacity, wherein hosting the videoconference call comprises mixing the plurality of the voice and video streams into a consolidated stream, where the consolidated stream is communicated to all of the clients other than the selected client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Anand R. Setlur