Abstract: An apparatus for providing multi-party conference and a method for assigning an encoder in the apparatus are provided. The apparatus for providing multi-party conference according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an image quality determination module configured to determine an image providing quality for a terminal connected to a multi-party conference created in the apparatus; and an encoder assignment module configured to assign an encoder to the terminal based on the image providing quality, wherein when an assignable encoder does not exist at the time of assigning the encoder, the encoder assignment module retrieves one encoder among previously assigned encoders and assigns the retrieved encoder to the terminal.

Abstract: A peer-to-peer communication system in a partial mesh network includes a relay server configured to add, to a relay list, subscription information of a reception terminal included in a data subscription request in response to the data subscription request received from the reception terminal and a transmission terminal configured to receive the data subscription request from the relay server and add the subscription information of the reception terminal to a server transmission list.

Abstract: Methods for providing conference service and apparatus thereof are provided, one of methods comprises, receiving identification information of a first user and identification information of a first terminal of the first user from the first terminal of the first terminal, receiving identification information of the first user and identification information of a second terminal of the first user from the second terminal of the first terminal, transmitting first contents to the first terminal of the first user and receiving at least one first reaction information about the first contents from the second terminal of the first user.

Abstract: Provided are a method of synchronizing state information, the method comprises receiving first state information from a first terminal among a plurality of terminals, setting first synchronization identification information in the received first state information, transmitting the first state information and the first synchronization identification information set in the first state information to the terminals, receiving second state information and second synchronization identification information set in the second state information from a second terminal among the terminals, determining whether the received second state information is a synchronization target by judging whether the received first synchronization identification information matches the received second synchronization identification information and not transmitting the received second state information to the terminals when determining that the received second state information is not the synchronization target.

Abstract: A conference system and a method of switching a connection terminal in the conference system are provided. The conference system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a web conference server configured to receive a request for switching a connection terminal from a first terminal and acquire identification information of a second terminal included in the request for switching a connection terminal; and an audio conference server configured to process a connection of the second terminal to an audio conference and transmit identification information of the second terminal to the web conference server, wherein the web conference server compares the identification information of the second terminal acquired from the first terminal with the identification information of the second terminal received from the audio conference server and updates participant information of the audio conference, which is mapped with participant information of the web conference.

Abstract: A conferencing apparatus and a method for switching an access terminal therein are provided. The conferencing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a conference information management module configured to generate mapping information for terminal identification information of a first terminal and access information of a conference participant who is accessing a conference through the first terminal; and an access switch module configured to provide a token corresponding to the mapping information to the first terminal according to an access terminal switch request from the first terminal and, when the token is received from a second terminal, switch a terminal of the conference participant from the first terminal to the second terminal according to validity of the received token.

Abstract: A multi-party conferencing apparatus and a right management method thereof are provided. The multi-party conferencing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a receiver configured to receive a request for sharing content from a terminal connected to a multi-party conference; and an authority controller configured to accept or reject the request for sharing content according to whether a host terminal has been designated to the multi-party conference and whether the terminal is a presenter terminal.

Abstract: Provided are a conference system and a method for controlling bandwidth thereof. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the conference system enables a bandwidth pattern obtained from one terminal to be shared with other terminals connected to the conference in the same area as the terminal, such that a process of identifying bandwidths of users connected to the conference in the area may be omitted, thereby reducing a time required for stabilizing a service quality.

Abstract: Provided are a conference access method and a terminal for performing the same. A terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an interface configured to receive a plurality of different access addresses for access to a conference from a conference server; an access attempter configured to attempt to simultaneously access the conference via each of the plurality of access addresses; and a priority allocator configured to collect an access result for each of the plurality of access addresses, and to allocate an access priority to each of the plurality of access addresses based on the access result, wherein the access attempter attempts to access the conference via an access address having a highest access priority among the plurality of access addresses.

Abstract: A conference system and an apparatus and method for mapping participant information between heterogeneous conferences are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing multi-party conference and a method for assigning an encoder in the apparatus are provided. The apparatus for providing multi-party conference according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an image quality determination module configured to determine an image providing quality for a terminal connected to a multi-party conference created in the apparatus; and an encoder assignment module configured to assign an encoder to the terminal based on the image providing quality, wherein when an assignable encoder does not exist at the time of assigning the encoder, the encoder assignment module retrieves one encoder among previously assigned encoders and assigns the retrieved encoder to the terminal.

Abstract: A conference system and a method for handling a conference connection in the conference system are provided. The method for handling a conference connection according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: providing, at a web conference server, a terminal with an access link to a web conference; acquiring, at the web conference server, identification information of the terminal from the terminal connected to the web conference through the access link; processing, at an audio conference server, a connection of the terminal to an audio conference; receiving, at the web conference server, identification information of the terminal connected to the audio conference from the audio conference server; and mapping, at the web conference server, participant information of the web conference and participant information of the audio conference by comparing the identification information received from the terminal with the identification information received from the audio conference server.

Abstract: A system and method for providing an audio conference between heterogeneous networks are provided. The system for providing an audio conference according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an audio conference server configured to relay an audio conference between a plurality of terminals; and a web conference server configured to receive a request of a host terminal for connection to the audio conference and create a first bridge session for audio data transmission/reception between the host terminal and the audio conference server and a second bridge session for maintaining a host connection of the host terminal.

Abstract: A conference system and a method for interworking between an audio conference and a web conference in the system are provided. The method for interworking between an audio conference and a web conference according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes recognizing, at an audio conference server, an access of a host terminal to an audio conference and activating the audio conference, transmitting, at the audio conference server, a notification of activation of the audio conference to a web conference server, and activating, at the web conference server, a web conference corresponding to the audio conference according to the notification of activation of the audio conference.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for processing voice data. The voice data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a data receiver configured to receive voice data; a storage configured to store the received voice data in a buffer; a section classifier configured to divide the stored voice data into one or more sections, and to classify each of the one or more sections as a voice section or a silent section; and a voice outputter configured to drop voice data classified as the silent section, or to output the voice data classified as the silent section by accelerating a playback speed.

Abstract: Provided is a quality-of-service (QoS)-guaranteed video stream method. The QoS-guaranteed video stream method includes transmitting, by a transmitting server, a video stream including different video stream data for a plurality of respective layers, to a relay server, receiving, by the transmitting server, first section network state information which is information about a network state between the relay server and the transmitting server, from the relay server, receiving, by the transmitting server, second section network state information which is information about a network state between the plurality of respective user terminals and the transmitting server, and adjusting, by the transmitting server, qualities of video streams which are transmitted to the plurality of respective user terminals through the relay server by using network state information of the first section and network state information of the second section.

Abstract: Provided are a method of synchronizing state information, the method comprises receiving first state information from a first terminal among a plurality of terminals, setting first synchronization identification information in the received first state information, transmitting the first state information and the first synchronization identification information set in the first state information to the terminals, receiving second state information and second synchronization identification information set in the second state information from a second terminal among the terminals, determining whether the received second state information is a synchronization target by judging whether the received first synchronization identification information matches the received second synchronization identification information and not transmitting the received second state information to the terminals when determining that the received second state information is not the synchronization target.

Abstract: Methods for providing conference service and apparatus thereof are provided, one of methods comprises, receiving identification information of a first user and identification information of a first terminal of the first user from the first terminal of the first terminal, receiving identification information of the first user and identification information of a second terminal of the first user from the second terminal of the first terminal, transmitting first contents to the first terminal of the first user and receiving at least one first reaction information about the first contents from the second terminal of the first user.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for controlling transmission of data traffic to a destination node. The apparatus includes: an interface unit configured to obtain information regarding a congestion condition that has occurred on a first routing path during transmission of the data traffic; and a control unit configured to select, based on the information, a second routing path to route, to the destination node, a first portion and a second portion of the data traffic along the first routing path and the second routing path, respectively.

Abstract: Provided are a system and method for transmitting and receiving Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages. The system includes user equipment (UE) including an SIP client configured to generate an SIP message, and an external transport configured to receive the SIP message from the SIP client, generate a packet by combining a tunneling header with the received SIP message, and transmit the generated packet to an SIP broker server, and the SIP broker server configured to receive the packet from the external transport in the UE, remove the tunneling header from the packet, and transmit the SIP message from which the tunneling header has been removed to a communication counterpart.