CN104519307A

CN104519307A - Conference management system, multi-image synthesis equipment, session equipment, video conference implementing method and system

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Publication number: CN104519307A
Application number: CN201410769176.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡子付
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-12-12
Filing date: 2014-12-12
Publication date: 2015-04-15
Anticipated expiration: 2034-12-12
Also published as: CN104519307B

Abstract

The invention discloses a conference management system, multi-image synthesis equipment, session equipment, a video conference implementing method and system. The video conference implementing method includes that the conference management system acquires conference information of video conferences; resources are allocated to the video conferences according to the conference information; main-session channel resources are informed to main session equipment and to session IPTV equipment, and session back-transmission resources are informed to the session equipment and the multi-image synthesis equipment, so that the session equipment can transmit session video streams to the multi-image synthesis equipment by adopting the session back-transmission resources. The multi-image synthesis channel resources are informed to the multi-image synthesis equipment, so that the synthesized session video streams are transmitted to the multi-image synthesis channel resources by the multi-image synthesis equipment; the multi-image synthesis channel resources are informed to the main session IPTV equipment, so that the main session IPTV equipment plays the synthesized session video streams by the multi-image synthesis channel resources.

Description

Meeting management system, continuous presence equipment, sub-venue equipment, video meeting implementing method and system

Technical field

The present invention relates to net application technology field, particularly a kind of meeting management system, continuous presence equipment, sub-venue equipment, video meeting implementing method and system.

Background technology

Video conference, refers to two or more different local individual or colonies, by transmission line and multimedia equipment, sound and image is passed mutually and realizes immediate interactive communication, to realize the doings of meeting object.The use of video conference and telephone type seemingly, but except carrying out, except communication, can also seeing the video pictures of the other side with the other side, make to be in different local people just as carrying out on-the-spot meeting.

Existing video conference generally uses the video conferencing system of specialty, and to meet the video conference requirement that both sides' immediate interactive is linked up, but this video conferencing system needs to rent private network real-time performance, and cost is high; And existing video conference only has the function sending video meet from main meeting-place to sub-venue usually, video conference poor effect.

Summary of the invention

In order to solve the problem of prior art, embodiments provide a kind of meeting management system, continuous presence equipment, sub-venue equipment, video meeting implementing method and system.Described technical scheme is as follows:

On the one hand, embodiments provide a kind of video meeting implementing method, described method comprises:

Meeting management system obtains the conferencing information of video conference, and described conferencing information comprises conference type, the time of meeting, and described conference type is used to indicate and is back to main meeting-place the need of by sub-venue video flowing;

Be described video conference Resources allocation according to described conferencing information, when described conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, described resource comprises main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource;

By described main meeting-place channel resource notice main meeting-place equipment, to make described main meeting-place equipment can within the described the time of meeting, by main meeting-place video stream to described main meeting-place channel resource;

By described main meeting-place channel resource notice sub-venue IPTV device, described main meeting-place channel resource can be adopted to play described main meeting-place video flowing to make described sub-venue IPTV device;

By described sub-venue passback resource notification sub-venue equipment and continuous presence equipment, can, within the described the time of meeting, described sub-venue be adopted to return resource by described sub-venue video stream to described continuous presence equipment to make described sub-venue equipment;

Described continuous presence channel resource is informed to described continuous presence equipment, to make described continuous presence equipment can by the described sub-venue video stream after synthesis to described continuous presence channel resource;

Described continuous presence channel resource is informed to main meeting-place IPTV device, described continuous presence channel resource can be adopted to play the sub-venue video flowing after described synthesis to make described main meeting-place IPTV device.

In a kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described by described main meeting-place channel resource notice main meeting-place equipment, comprising:

Receive the registration request of described main meeting-place equipment, described registration request comprises the mark of main meeting-place equipment;

Adopt the mark of described main meeting-place equipment, obtain the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of described main meeting-place equipment;

Main meeting-place channel resource corresponding for described conferencing information is sent to described main meeting-place equipment.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described by described sub-venue passback resource notification sub-venue equipment, comprising:

Receive the log-on message of described sub-venue equipment, described log-on message comprises the mark of meeting password and sub-venue equipment;

Authentication is carried out to described log-on message;

If authentication is passed through, adopt the mark of described sub-venue equipment, obtain the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of described sub-venue equipment;

The conferencing information of the mark correspondence of described sub-venue equipment is sent to video conference Electronic Program Guide EPG server, described video conference EPG server is used for the sub-venue passback resource in described conferencing information to send to described sub-venue equipment.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described method also comprises:

Logging request is sent to described continuous presence equipment;

Receive the certification mark that described continuous presence equipment returns according to described logging request;

According to described conferencing information, configuration information is sent to described continuous presence equipment, carry described certification mark when sending described configuration information, described configuration information is for arranging output IP and the port of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port and synthesis.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, when described conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, described conferencing information also comprises the configuration information of sub-venue picture synthesis, and the configuration information of described sub-venue picture synthesis comprises coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis.

Receive conferencing information modify instruction, described conferencing information modify instruction for revise the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis synthesis picture at least one in the coordinate of each program pane and size;

New configuration information is sent to described continuous presence equipment according to described conferencing information modify instruction.

Send task flush instructions to described continuous presence equipment, described task flush instructions is used to indicate described continuous presence equipment and stops the described sub-venue video flowing of synthesis.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the present invention additionally provides a kind of video meeting implementing method, and described method comprises:

Continuous presence equipment receives sub-venue passback resource and the continuous presence channel resource of meeting management system transmission;

In video conference process, receive sub-venue equipment and adopt described sub-venue to return the sub-venue video flowing of resource transmission;

The sub-venue video flowing received is synthesized, obtains the sub-venue video flowing after synthesizing;

By the described sub-venue video stream after synthesis to described continuous presence channel resource.

In a kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, the described sub-venue video flowing to receiving synthesizes, and comprising:

Obtain the configuration information being used for picture synthesis, described configuration information comprises coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis;

According to described configuration information, the sub-venue video flowing received is synthesized.

Sub-venue equipment receives the sub-venue passback resource that meeting management system sends;

Sub-venue equipment gathers sub-venue video flowing;

Adopted by the described sub-venue video flowing collected described sub-venue to return resource and send to continuous presence equipment.

In a kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described method also comprises:

Main meeting-place channel resource is adopted to play main meeting-place video flowing.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of video conferencing system, and described system comprises: main meeting-place equipment, sub-venue equipment, continuous presence equipment, IPTV system and meeting management system;

Described meeting management system, for obtaining the conferencing information of video conference, described conferencing information comprises conference type, the time of meeting, and described conference type is used to indicate and is back to main meeting-place the need of by sub-venue video flowing; Be described video conference Resources allocation according to described conferencing information, when described conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, described resource comprises main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource; Described main meeting-place channel resource is notified described main meeting-place equipment and described IPTV system, by sub-venue equipment and described continuous presence equipment described in described sub-venue passback resource notification, described continuous presence channel resource is informed to described continuous presence equipment and described IPTV system;

Described main meeting-place equipment, within the described the time of meeting, by main meeting-place video stream to described main meeting-place channel resource, described main meeting-place video flowing is that described main meeting-place equipment collects in the main meeting-place of described video conference; Sub-venue video flowing after adopting described continuous presence channel resource to play described synthesis;

Described sub-venue equipment, within the described the time of meeting, adopts described sub-venue to return resource by described sub-venue video stream to described continuous presence equipment; Described main meeting-place channel resource is adopted to play described main meeting-place video flowing;

Described continuous presence equipment, for by the described sub-venue video stream after synthesis to described continuous presence channel resource.

In a kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described meeting management system, for receiving the registration request of main meeting-place equipment, described registration request comprises the mark of main meeting-place equipment; Adopt the mark of described main meeting-place equipment, obtain the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of described main meeting-place equipment; Main meeting-place channel resource corresponding for described conferencing information is sent to described main meeting-place equipment.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described meeting management system, for receiving the log-on message of described sub-venue equipment, described log-on message comprises the mark of meeting password and sub-venue equipment; Authentication is carried out to described log-on message; If authentication is passed through, adopt the mark of described sub-venue equipment, obtain the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of described sub-venue equipment; The conferencing information of the mark correspondence of described sub-venue equipment is sent to video conference Electronic Program Guide EPG server, described video conference EPG server is used for the sub-venue passback resource in described conferencing information to send to described sub-venue equipment.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described meeting management system, also for sending logging request to described continuous presence equipment; Receive the certification mark that described continuous presence equipment returns according to described logging request; According to described conferencing information, configuration information is sent to described continuous presence equipment, carry described certification mark when sending described configuration information, described configuration information is for arranging output IP and the port of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port and synthesis.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described meeting management system, also for receiving conferencing information modify instruction, described conferencing information modify instruction for revise the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis synthesis picture at least one in the coordinate of each program pane and size; New configuration information is sent to described continuous presence equipment according to described conferencing information modify instruction.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described meeting management system, also for sending task flush instructions to described continuous presence equipment, described task flush instructions is used to indicate described continuous presence equipment and stops the described sub-venue video flowing of synthesis.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described continuous presence equipment, for obtaining the configuration information for picture synthesis, described configuration information comprises coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis; According to described configuration information, the sub-venue video flowing received is synthesized.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described sub-venue equipment, also for adopting main meeting-place channel resource to play main meeting-place video flowing.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described main meeting-place equipment comprises:

Video acquisition module, for gathering the video of main meeting-place;

Audio collection module, for gathering the audio frequency of main meeting-place;

Transmission module on Video coding, for encoding to the Audio and Video collected, obtains main meeting-place video flowing, and described main meeting-place video flowing is uploaded to described IPTV system;

Main meeting-place IPTV device, plays the sub-venue video flowing after described synthesis for adopting described continuous presence channel resource.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described sub-venue equipment comprises:

Video acquisition module, for gathering the video of sub-venue;

Sub-venue IPTV device, for encoding to the video of the sub-venue collected, obtains sub-venue video flowing, by described sub-venue video stream to described continuous presence equipment; Described main meeting-place channel resource is adopted to play described main meeting-place video flowing.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described IPTV system comprises:

IPTV bearer network, for providing main meeting-place video flowing described in resource transmission and described sub-venue video flowing;

Video conference EPG server, adopts described sub-venue to return resource by described sub-venue video stream to described continuous presence equipment for controlling described sub-venue equipment; Control described sub-venue equipment and described main meeting-place equipment carries out picture broadcasting and channel switch.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the present invention additionally provides a kind of meeting management system, and described meeting management system comprises:

Acquisition module, for obtaining the conferencing information of video conference, described conferencing information comprises conference type, the time of meeting, and described conference type is used to indicate and is back to main meeting-place the need of by sub-venue video flowing;

Distribution module, for being described video conference Resources allocation according to described conferencing information, when described conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, described resource comprises main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource;

Notification module, for by described main meeting-place channel resource notice main meeting-place equipment, to make described main meeting-place equipment can within the described the time of meeting, by main meeting-place video stream to described main meeting-place channel resource; By described main meeting-place channel resource notice sub-venue IPTV device, described main meeting-place channel resource can be adopted to play described main meeting-place video flowing to make described sub-venue IPTV device; By described sub-venue passback resource notification sub-venue equipment and continuous presence equipment, can, within the described the time of meeting, described sub-venue be adopted to return resource by described sub-venue video stream to described continuous presence equipment to make described sub-venue equipment; Described continuous presence channel resource is informed to described continuous presence equipment, to make described continuous presence equipment can by the described sub-venue video stream after synthesis to described continuous presence channel resource; Described continuous presence channel resource is informed to main meeting-place IPTV device, described continuous presence channel resource can be adopted to play the sub-venue video flowing after described synthesis to make described main meeting-place IPTV device.

In a kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described notification module, comprising:

First receiving element, for receiving the registration request of main meeting-place equipment, described registration request comprises the mark of main meeting-place equipment;

First acquiring unit, for adopting the mark of described main meeting-place equipment, obtains the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of described main meeting-place equipment;

First transmitting element, for sending to described main meeting-place equipment by main meeting-place channel resource corresponding for described conferencing information.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described notification module, comprising:

Second receiving element, for receiving the log-on message of described sub-venue equipment, described log-on message comprises the mark of meeting password and sub-venue equipment;

Authenticating unit, for carrying out authentication to described log-on message;

Second acquisition unit, if pass through for authentication, adopts the mark of described sub-venue equipment, obtains the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of described sub-venue equipment;

Second transmitting element, conferencing information for the mark correspondence by described sub-venue equipment sends to video conference Electronic Program Guide EPG server, and described video conference EPG server is used for the sub-venue passback resource in described conferencing information to send to described sub-venue equipment.

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described meeting management system also comprises:

First sending module, for sending logging request to described continuous presence equipment;

First receiver module, for receiving the certification mark that described continuous presence equipment returns according to described logging request;

Described first sending module, also for according to described conferencing information, configuration information is sent to described continuous presence equipment, carry described certification mark when sending described configuration information, described configuration information is for arranging output IP and the port of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port and synthesis.

Second receiver module, for receiving conferencing information modify instruction, described conferencing information modify instruction for revise the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis synthesis picture at least one in the coordinate of each program pane and size;

Second sending module, for sending new configuration information according to described conferencing information modify instruction to described continuous presence equipment.

3rd sending module, for sending task flush instructions to described continuous presence equipment, described task flush instructions is used to indicate described continuous presence equipment and stops the described sub-venue video flowing of synthesis.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the present invention additionally provides a kind of continuous presence equipment, and described continuous presence equipment comprises:

First receiver module, the sub-venue sent for receiving meeting management system returns resource and continuous presence channel resource;

Second receiver module, in video conference process, receives sub-venue equipment and adopts described sub-venue to return the sub-venue video flowing of resource transmission;

Synthesis module, for synthesizing the sub-venue video flowing received, obtains the sub-venue video flowing after synthesizing;

Sending module, for by the described sub-venue video stream after synthesis to described continuous presence channel resource.

In a kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described synthesis module, comprising:

Acquiring unit, for obtaining the configuration information for picture synthesis, described configuration information comprises coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis;

Synthesis unit, for synthesizing the sub-venue video flowing received according to described configuration information.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the present invention additionally provides a kind of sub-venue equipment, and described sub-venue equipment comprises:

Receiver module, for receiving the sub-venue passback resource that meeting management system sends;

Video acquisition module, for gathering sub-venue video flowing;

Sending module, returns resource for the described sub-venue video flowing collected being adopted described sub-venue and sends to continuous presence equipment.

In a kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, described sub-venue equipment also comprises:

Playing module, plays main meeting-place video flowing for adopting main meeting-place channel resource.

The beneficial effect that the technical scheme that the embodiment of the present invention provides is brought is:

By the transmission adopting IPTV bearer network to carry out video flowing, avoid the problem that existing video conferencing system needs to rent private network real-time performance, reduce cost; In addition, video conference, except from main meeting-place to except sub-venue transmitting video-frequency flow, also add from sub-venue retransmission function, makes video conference effect truer.

Accompanying drawing explanation

In order to be illustrated more clearly in the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention, below the accompanying drawing used required in describing embodiment is briefly described, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, under the prerequisite not paying creative work, other accompanying drawing can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.

Figure 1A is the structural representation of the video conferencing system that one embodiment of the invention provides;

Figure 1B is the structural representation of the video conferencing system that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the video meeting implementing method that one embodiment of the invention provides;

Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the video meeting implementing method that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Fig. 4 is the flow chart of the video meeting implementing method that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Fig. 5 is the flow chart of the video meeting implementing method that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Fig. 6 is the flow chart of the video meeting implementing method that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Fig. 7 is the flow chart of the video meeting implementing method that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Fig. 8 is the flow chart of the video meeting implementing method that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Fig. 9 is the flow chart of the video meeting implementing method that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Figure 10 is the flow chart of the video meeting implementing method that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Figure 11 is the flow chart of the video meeting implementing method that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Figure 12 is the flow chart of the video meeting implementing method that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Figure 13 is the structured flowchart of the meeting management system that one embodiment of the invention provides;

Figure 14 is the structured flowchart of the meeting management system that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Figure 15 is the structured flowchart of the continuous presence equipment that one embodiment of the invention provides;

Figure 16 is the structured flowchart of the continuous presence equipment that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Figure 17 is the structured flowchart of the continuous presence equipment that another embodiment of the present invention provides;

Figure 18 is the structured flowchart of the sub-venue equipment that one embodiment of the invention provides;

Figure 19 is the structured flowchart of the sub-venue equipment that another embodiment of the present invention provides.

Embodiment

For making the object, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearly, below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, embodiment of the present invention is described further in detail.

Embodiments provide a kind of video conferencing system, see Figure 1A, described system comprises main meeting-place equipment 10, sub-venue equipment 20, continuous presence equipment 30, IPTV (Internet Protocol Television, network convention TV) system 40 and meeting management system 50.

Meeting management system 50 is for obtaining the conferencing information of video conference, and conferencing information comprises conference type, the time of meeting, and conference type is used to indicate and is back to main meeting-place the need of by sub-venue video flowing; Be video conference Resources allocation according to conferencing information, when conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, resource comprises main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource; By main meeting-place channel resource notice main meeting-place equipment and IPTV system, sub-venue is returned resource notification sub-venue equipment and continuous presence equipment, continuous presence channel resource is informed to continuous presence equipment and IPTV system.

Wherein, the time of meeting comprises meeting start time and meeting adjourned time.

Main meeting-place equipment 10 is within the time of meeting, and by main meeting-place video stream to main meeting-place channel resource, main meeting-place video flowing is that main meeting-place equipment collects in the main meeting-place of video conference; Sub-venue video flowing after adopting continuous presence channel resource to play synthesis.

Sub-venue equipment 20, within the time of meeting, adopts sub-venue passback resource by sub-venue video stream picture synthesis device at the most; Main meeting-place channel resource is adopted to play main meeting-place video flowing.

Continuous presence equipment 30 for by synthesis after sub-venue video stream to continuous presence channel resource.

Embodiments provide a kind of video conferencing system, see Figure 1B, described system comprises main meeting-place equipment 10, sub-venue equipment 20, continuous presence equipment 30, IPTV system 40 and meeting management system 50.

Wherein, meeting management system 50, for receiving the registration request of main meeting-place equipment, registration request comprises the mark of main meeting-place equipment; Adopt the mark of main meeting-place equipment, obtain the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of main meeting-place equipment; Main meeting-place channel resource corresponding for conferencing information is sent to main meeting-place equipment.

Further, meeting management system 50, for receiving the log-on message of sub-venue equipment, log-on message comprises the mark of meeting password and sub-venue equipment; Authentication is carried out to log-on message; If authentication is passed through, adopt the mark of sub-venue equipment, obtain the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of sub-venue equipment; The conferencing information of the mark correspondence of sub-venue equipment is sent to video conference Electronic Program Guide EPG server, video conference EPG server is used for the sub-venue passback resource in conferencing information to send to sub-venue equipment.

Further, meeting management system 50 can also be used for, and sends logging request to continuous presence equipment; Receive the certification mark that continuous presence equipment returns according to logging request; According to conferencing information, configuration information is sent to continuous presence equipment, certification mark is carried when sending configuration information, configuration information is for arranging output IP and the port of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP (Internet Protocol address, Internet protocol address) of sub-venue video flowing and port and synthesis.

In embodiments of the present invention, when conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, conferencing information also comprises the configuration information of sub-venue picture synthesis, and the configuration information of sub-venue picture synthesis comprises coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port, synthesis and port, synthesis.

Further, meeting management system 50 can also be used for, receive conferencing information modify instruction, conferencing information modify instruction for revise the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port, synthesis and port, synthesis synthesis picture at least one in the coordinate of each program pane and size; New configuration information is sent to continuous presence equipment according to conferencing information modify instruction.

Further, meeting management system 50 can also be used for, and sends task flush instructions to continuous presence equipment, and task flush instructions is used to indicate continuous presence equipment and stops synthesis sub-venue video flowing.

In the present embodiment, continuous presence equipment 30, for obtaining the configuration information for picture synthesis, configuration information comprises coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port, synthesis and port, synthesis; According to configuration information, the sub-venue video flowing received is synthesized.

In the present embodiment, sub-venue equipment 20 can also be used for, and adopts main meeting-place channel resource to play main meeting-place video flowing.

Wherein, main meeting-place equipment 10 comprises transmission module 13 and main meeting-place IPTV device 14 on video acquisition module 11 (as camera), audio collection module 12, Video coding, wherein video acquisition module 11 is for gathering the video of main meeting-place, audio collection module 12 is for gathering the audio frequency of main meeting-place, on Video coding, transmission module 13 is for encode to the Audio and Video collected (as being encoded into H.264/TS form), obtain main meeting-place video flowing, then main meeting-place video flowing is uploaded to IPTV system 40, be transferred to sub-venue by main meeting-place channel resource.Main meeting-place IPTV device 14 plays the sub-venue video flowing after synthesis for adopting continuous presence channel resource.Wherein, main meeting-place IPTV device 14 can be STB (Set Top Box, Set Top Box).

Sub-venue equipment 20 comprises video acquisition module 21 (as camera) and sub-venue IPTV device 22, video acquisition module 21 and sub-venue IPTV device 22 are by USB (Universal Serial Bus, USB) interface or HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface, HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface)) connect.The video acquisition module 21 of sub-venue is for gathering the video of sub-venue, then by the transmission of video of sub-venue that collects to sub-venue IPTV device 22, sub-venue IPTV device 22 is for encode to the video of the sub-venue received (as being encoded into H.264/TS form), obtain sub-venue video flowing, then by this sub-venue video stream picture synthesis device 30 at the most.Sub-venue IPTV device 22 is also for adopting main meeting-place channel resource to play main meeting-place video flowing.Wherein, sub-venue IPTV device 22 can be STB (Set Top Box, Set Top Box).

Continuous presence equipment 30 for synthesizing the sub-venue video flowing received, by synthesis after sub-venue video stream to continuous presence channel resource.

IPTV system 40 comprises IPTV bearer network 41 and video conference EPG (Electronic ProgramGuide, Electronic Program Guide) server 42.Wherein IPTV bearer network 41 is for providing resource transmission main meeting-place video flowing and sub-venue video flowing; Video conference EPG server 42 adopts sub-venue passback resource by sub-venue video stream picture synthesis device 30 at the most for controlling sub-venue equipment, mainly control beginning and end that sub-venue IPTV device 22 uploads sub-venue video flowing, video conference EPG server 42 is also for controlling sub-venue IPTV device 22 and main meeting-place IPTV device 14 carries out picture broadcasting and channel switch, and wherein video conference EPG server 42 realizes above-mentioned control by JS (Javascript) method.

Further, this system also comprises NTP (Network Time Protocol, NTP (Network Time Protocol)) server 60, and ntp server 60 is for providing time synchronized service for each equipment aforementioned.

The embodiment of the present invention, by the transmission adopting IPTV bearer network to carry out video flowing, avoids the problem that existing video conferencing system needs to rent private network real-time performance, reduces cost; In addition, video conference, except from main meeting-place to except sub-venue transmitting video-frequency flow, also add from sub-venue retransmission function, makes video conference effect truer.

Embodiments provide a kind of video meeting implementing method, can be realized by the meeting management system 50 in the video conferencing system shown in Figure 1A or Figure 1B, see Fig. 2, the method comprises:

Step 50a: meeting management system obtains the conferencing information of video conference, and conferencing information comprises conference type, the time of meeting, and conference type is used to indicate and is back to main meeting-place the need of by sub-venue video flowing.

Step 50b: be video conference Resources allocation according to conferencing information, when conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, resource comprises main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource.

Step 50c: by main meeting-place channel resource notice main meeting-place equipment, to make main meeting-place equipment can within the time of meeting, by main meeting-place video stream to main meeting-place channel resource.

Step 50d: by main meeting-place channel resource notice sub-venue IPTV device, main meeting-place channel resource can be adopted to play main meeting-place video flowing to make sub-venue IPTV device.

Step 50e: sub-venue is returned resource notification sub-venue equipment and continuous presence equipment, can, within the time of meeting, adopt sub-venue passback resource by sub-venue video stream picture synthesis device at the most to make sub-venue equipment.

Step 50f: continuous presence channel resource is informed to continuous presence equipment, with make continuous presence equipment can by synthesis after sub-venue video stream to continuous presence channel resource.

Step 50g: continuous presence channel resource is informed to main meeting-place IPTV device, can adopt continuous presence channel resource to play the sub-venue video flowing after synthesis to make main meeting-place IPTV device.

Embodiments provide a kind of video meeting implementing method, can be realized by the continuous presence equipment 30 in the video conferencing system shown in Figure 1A or Figure 1B, see Fig. 3, the method comprises:

Step 30a: continuous presence equipment receives sub-venue passback resource and the continuous presence channel resource of meeting management system transmission.

Step 30b: in video conference process, receives the sub-venue video flowing that sub-venue equipment adopts sub-venue passback resource to send.

Step 30c: synthesize the sub-venue video flowing received, obtains the sub-venue video flowing after synthesizing.

Step 30d: by the sub-venue video stream after synthesis to continuous presence channel resource.

Embodiments provide a kind of video meeting implementing method, can be realized by the sub-venue equipment 20 in the video conferencing system shown in Figure 1A or Figure 1B, see Fig. 4, the method comprises:

Step 20a: sub-venue equipment receives the sub-venue passback resource that meeting management system sends.

Step 20b: sub-venue equipment gathers sub-venue video flowing.

Step 20c: adopted by the sub-venue video flowing collected sub-venue passback resource to send to continuous presence equipment.

Embodiments provide a kind of video meeting implementing method, can realize based on the video conferencing system shown in Figure 1A or Figure 1B, see Fig. 5, the method comprises:

Step 101: meeting management system receives and preserves the information of the main meeting-place equipment of telecommunication administration person's typing and the information of continuous presence equipment.

Wherein, the information of main meeting-place equipment includes but not limited to the model of main meeting-place equipment, sequence number and MAC (Media Access Control, media interviews control) address.The information of continuous presence equipment includes but not limited to model, maximum access quantity, control interface reference address, access interface initial value, access interface stop value, login account, login password and equipment state.

Meeting management system, except receiving and preserving except the information of the main meeting-place equipment of telecommunication administration person's typing and the information of continuous presence equipment, can also be used for the main meeting-place equipment application receiving enterprise administrator; Whether this main meeting-place equipment application is examined by telecommunication administration person, and after having examined, meeting management system can receive the examination & approval of telecommunication administration person, can main meeting-place equipment application lead to according to examination & approval; When main meeting-place equipment application is passed through, main meeting-place equipment is associated with enterprise.Certainly, in the present embodiment, the applicant proposing main meeting-place equipment application, except being business administration an ancient official title, also can be other common entity or individual; When main meeting-place equipment application is passed through, main meeting-place equipment associates with applicant by meeting management system.

See Fig. 6, in specific implementation, the detailed process of meeting management system management main meeting-place equipment can comprise:

Step 101a: meeting management system receives the information of the main meeting-place equipment of telecommunication administration person's typing.

Step 101b: the information of preserving main meeting-place equipment.

Step 101c: the logging request receiving enterprise administrator, logging request comprises username and password.

Step 101d: after the logging request of enterprise administrator is passed through, receives the main meeting-place equipment application of enterprise administrator.

Can specified geographic location in this main meeting-place equipment application, so that telecommunication administration person can distribute nearest main meeting-place equipment.

Step 101e: receive first approval results of telecommunication administration person, this first approval results comprise examination & approval by or do not pass through, and examine by time, this first approval results can also comprise the main meeting-place equipment that telecommunication administration person distributes for enterprise.

Step 101f: the main meeting-place equipment in the first approval results is associated with enterprise.

Particularly, enterprise here can be corporate identify, is associated by the main meeting-place equipment in the first approval results with enterprise, and essence sets up the corresponding relation of main meeting-place equipment and corporate identify, for being got up by other resource associations of main meeting-place equipment and subsequent allocations.

Step 101g: after video conference terminates, the main meeting-place equipment receiving enterprise administrator returns request.

Step 101h: the second approval results receiving telecommunication administration person, this second approval results comprises to be examined by or does not pass through.

Step 101i: when the second approval results for examination & approval by time, main meeting-place equipment and enterprise's solution are tied up.

Main meeting-place equipment and resource all can adopt the pattern of renting, and avoid building special video conference rooms and equipment to carry out video conference, add the reusability of video conference rooms and equipment, reduce cost simultaneously.

Further, meeting management system can adopt above-mentioned same way to manage sub-venue equipment, repeats no more here.

See Fig. 7, in specific implementation, the detailed process of meeting management system management continuous presence equipment can comprise:

Step 101A: meeting management system receives the information of the continuous presence equipment of telecommunication administration person's typing.

Step 101B: the information of preserving continuous presence equipment.

Step 101C: the operational order receiving telecommunication administration person's input, this operational order for inquiring about continuous presence equipment, control continuous presence equipment reach the standard grade, roll off the production line or delete continuous presence equipment.

Step 101D: perform corresponding operating according to operational order.

Step 102: meeting management system obtains the conferencing information of video conference, and conferencing information comprises conference type, the time of meeting, and conference type is used to indicate and is back to main meeting-place the need of by sub-venue video flowing.

When conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, conferencing information can also comprise the configuration information of sub-venue picture synthesis.

Particularly, conferencing information can be that meeting management system generates according to scheduling meeting request.

See Fig. 8, in specific implementation, the detailed process of scheduling meeting can comprise:

Step 102a: the logging request receiving enterprise administrator, logging request comprises username and password.

Step 102b: when logging request is verified, receive the predetermined request of the transmission of enterprise administrator, predetermined request comprises the time of meeting, meeting is back to main meeting-place the need of by sub-venue video flowing.

Further, the information such as picture specification can also be comprised in predetermined request.

Step 102c: whether sufficiently calculate resource in the time of meeting according to predetermined request, resource here comprises main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource, if resource abundance, generates above-mentioned conferencing information and performs step 103.If channel resource is inadequate, then export the first information, this first information is for pointing out user channel inadequate resource, and user needs to reselect the information such as the time of meeting or conference type.If sub-venue passback inadequate resource, then export the second information, this second information needs to reselect the information such as picture specification for pointing out user.

After predetermined success, meeting management system can generate a meeting password for this video conference, and this meeting password and meeting is predetermined to be together with merit information and sends to enterprise administrator, and meeting password is used for login and the authentication of subsequent step.Certainly this meeting password can also send to the other staff of main meeting-place and sub-venue, and meeting password can pass through the forms such as note and send.

Step 103: meeting management system is video conference Resources allocation according to conferencing information, when conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, resource comprises main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource.

During Resources allocation, by resource and meeting information association, and conferencing information associates with enterprise, main meeting-place equipment, sub-venue equipment has been associated with enterprise in a step 101, thus can know at step 104 and the resource distributed is sent to where.

Wherein, main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource can be unicast resource or multicast resource, and unicast resource comprises clean culture IP and port, and multicast resource comprises multicast IP and port.

Step 104: meeting management system is by main meeting-place channel resource notice main meeting-place equipment and sub-venue IPTV device, sub-venue is returned resource notification sub-venue equipment and continuous presence equipment, continuous presence channel resource is informed to continuous presence equipment and main meeting-place IPTV device.

As shown in Figure 9, in specific implementation, by main meeting-place channel resource notice main meeting-place equipment, comprising:

Step 104a: meeting management system receives the registration request of main meeting-place equipment (on Video coding transmission module), and registration request comprises the mark of main meeting-place equipment, and this mark can be the MAC Address of main meeting-place equipment.

Registration request can comprise following field:

Field name	Constraint	Type	Character length	Explanation
					Mark	Essential	String	12	The mark of main meeting-place equipment, confirms identity for meeting management system

Further, before step 104a, the method also comprises main meeting-place device power-up process.

Step 104b: meeting management system adopts the mark of main meeting-place equipment, obtains the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of main meeting-place equipment.If do not get the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of main meeting-place equipment in step 104b, then can not perform step 104c, but return registration failure information (return information).

Step 104c: main meeting-place channel resource (return information) corresponding for conferencing information is sent to main meeting-place equipment.

Further, in step 104c except main meeting-place channel resource is sent to main meeting-place equipment, also conferencing information, meeting TOKEN (token) and ntp server address are sent to main meeting-place equipment.Wherein, meeting TOKEN is used for as certification in follow-up reciprocal process, and ntp server is for realizing the time synchronized of main meeting-place equipment and meeting management system, so that main meeting-place equipment is according to the synchronous time controling of ntp server, meeting adjourned.

Return information can comprise following field:

After step 104c, main meeting-place equipment is by ntp server address and ntp server time synchronized, then main meeting-place equipment can send heartbeat message to meeting management system, this heartbeat message carries meeting TOKEN, meeting management system is according to the meeting TOKEN in heartbeat message, determine the conference status of the video conference of its correspondence, then meeting management system returns heartbeat response message to main meeting-place equipment, this heartbeat response message carries the conference status of the video conference determined, whether this conference status is used to indicate this video conference starts or stops.When the conference status instruction video meeting of the video conference in heartbeat response message starts, main meeting-place equipment starts to transmit main meeting-place video flowing to main meeting-place channel resource; When the conference status instruction video meeting of the video conference in heartbeat response message stops, main meeting-place equipment to stopping transmission main meeting-place video flowing to main meeting-place channel resource, thus can achieve the transmission that meeting management system controls main meeting-place video flowing.

As shown in Figure 10, in specific implementation, sub-venue is returned resource notification sub-venue equipment, comprising:

Step 104A: meeting management system receives the log-on message of sub-venue equipment, and log-on message comprises the mark of meeting password and sub-venue equipment.

Particularly, step 104A can comprise: after powering, and sub-venue IPTV device sends logging request to video conference EPG server; Login page is sent to sub-venue IPTV device by video conference EPG server; Sub-venue IPTV device receives the meeting password of user's input, and this meeting password is sent to video conference EPG server as log-on message together with the MAC Address of sub-venue equipment; Interface in video conference EPG server calls meeting management system carries out authentication to it.Namely the log-on message of sub-venue equipment is sent to meeting management system by video conference EPG server.

Wherein, sub-venue equipment mark can be the MAC Address of sub-venue equipment.

Step 104B: meeting management system carries out authentication to log-on message, namely inquires about and whether there is corresponding conferencing information.

Step 104C: if authentication is by (namely existing conferencing information), then the conferencing information inquired is sent to video conference EPG server, video conference EPG server adopts the mark of sub-venue equipment, obtains the sub-venue passback resource (i.e. this sub-venue equipment by sub-venue video stream to the IP address of continuous presence equipment and port) of the mark correspondence of sub-venue equipment from the conferencing information inquired; Sub-venue passback resource in conferencing information is sent to sub-venue equipment by video conference EPG server.If authentication is not passed through, then in authenticating result, carry failed authentication information.

Further, in step 104C, when authentication is passed through, the continuous presence channel resource in conferencing information is also informed to continuous presence equipment by video conference EPG server.

Step 105: main meeting-place equipment in the process of video conference, by main meeting-place video stream to main meeting-place channel resource.

Wherein, main meeting-place video flowing is that the audio-video signal coding adopting main meeting-place equipment to collect in the main meeting-place of video conference obtains.

Particularly, main meeting-place equipment comprises transmission module and main meeting-place IPTV device on video acquisition module (as camera), audio collection module, Video coding, wherein video acquisition module, audio collection module are respectively used to the Audio and Video gathering main meeting-place, on Video coding, transmission module is used for encoding (as being encoded into H.264/TS form) to the Audio and Video collected, then main meeting-place channel resource is uploaded to, i.e. IPTV bearer network, by IPTV bearer network by main meeting-place video streaming to sub-venue.

See Fig. 9, in specific implementation, the detailed process that main meeting-place equipment exports main meeting-place video flowing can comprise:

Step 105a: on Video coding, transmission module is encoded to the Audio and Video collected.

Step 105b: the main meeting-place video flowing that obtains uploads to IPTV bearer network by encoding, by IPTV bearer network by main meeting-place video streaming to sub-venue.

Further, after meeting completes (when the conference status instruction video meeting of the video conference in heartbeat response message stops), meeting management system receives the de-registration request that main meeting-place equipment sends, then according to this de-registration request releasing resource.

Step 106: sub-venue IPTV device adopts main meeting-place channel resource to play main meeting-place video flowing.

Sub-venue equipment comprises video acquisition module (as camera) and sub-venue IPTV device, and further, sub-venue equipment can for being integrated with the IPTV device of camera.

See Figure 10, in specific implementation, the detailed process of step 106 can comprise:

Step 106a: after authentication is passed through at step 104, video conference EPG server returns meeting homepage to sub-venue IPTV device.

Step 106b: video conference EPG server obtains user's selection instruction.

Step 106c: video conference EPG server sends video switch instruction according to user's selection instruction to sub-venue IPTV device, and video switch instruction selects video channel or material channel for controlling.Wherein, material channel can be formed as a road video flowing by the picture of certain device screen in main meeting-place.

Further, video conference EPG server realizes above-mentioned control by JS method.

Step 106d: sub-venue IPTV device receives main meeting-place video flowing, and play the picture of the main meeting-place selected.

Step 107: sub-venue equipment, in the process of video conference, adopts sub-venue passback resource by sub-venue video stream picture synthesis device at the most.

The video acquisition module of sub-venue is for gathering the video of sub-venue, then by the transmission of video of sub-venue that collects to sub-venue IPTV device, the video of sub-venue IPTV device to the sub-venue received is encoded (as being encoded into H.264/TS form), obtain sub-venue video flowing, then by this sub-venue video stream picture synthesis device at the most.

Further, when sub-venue video flowing is uploaded to continuous presence equipment by sub-venue IPTV device, video conference EPG server in IPTV system can be adopted to sub-venue IPTV device sending controling instruction, and control command uploads beginning and the end of sub-venue video flowing for controlling sub-venue IPTV device.

See Figure 10, in specific implementation, the detailed process of step 107 can comprise:

Step 107a: after authentication is passed through at step 104, sub-venue IPTV device obtains sub-venue video flowing after being encoded by the video of sub-venue.

Step 107b: by this sub-venue video stream picture synthesis device at the most.

In the present embodiment, video conference EPG server controls sub-venue IPTV device completing steps 107b by JS method.

Step 108: continuous presence equipment by according to configuration information synthesis after sub-venue video stream to continuous presence channel resource.

See Figure 10, in specific implementation, the detailed process of step 108 can comprise:

Step 108a: continuous presence equipment synthesizes sub-venue video flowing according to configuration information.

Particularly, this step 108a comprises: take time as coordinate, and the picture of synchronization multichannel sub-venue video flowing is synthesized a picture, thus generates the new video flowing in a road, the sub-venue video flowing namely after synthesis.

Step 108b: by the sub-venue video stream after synthesis to continuous presence channel resource.

Further, see Figure 11, before stage 108, the method also comprises:

Step 108A: meeting management system sends logging request to continuous presence equipment.

This step is carried out when meeting reaches time, as meeting starts first 15 minutes.When realizing, the conferencing information of all video conferences can be preserved by meeting management system in table form, by the form of timing scan conferencing information, determines whether the time arriving video conference.

Step 108B: receive certification mark (meeting TOKEN) that continuous presence equipment returns according to logging request.

Step 108C: according to conferencing information, send configuration information to continuous presence equipment, configuration information comprises the coordinate of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port, synthesis and port, synthesis and size etc.

Configuration information can comprise following field:

Further, the method also comprises:

Step one, receive conferencing information modify instruction, conferencing information modify instruction for revise the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port, synthesis and port, synthesis synthesis picture at least one in the coordinate of each program pane and size.

Step 2, sends new configuration information according to conferencing information modify instruction to continuous presence equipment.

Further, the method also comprises:

Send task flush instructions to continuous presence equipment, task flush instructions is used to indicate continuous presence equipment and stops synthesis sub-venue video flowing.

Step 109: the sub-venue video flowing after main meeting-place IPTV device adopts continuous presence channel resource to play synthesis.

Particularly, before sub-venue video flowing after playing synthesis, main meeting-place IPTV device sends log-on message to video conference EPG server, this log-on message can comprise the MAC Address of meeting password and main meeting-place equipment, interface in video conference EPG server calls meeting management system carries out authentication to it, and when authentication is passed through, continuous presence channel resource is informed to video conference EPG server, video conference EPG server returns meeting homepage to main meeting-place IPTV device.Meeting homepage refers to the homepage picture that the sub-venue video flowing after according to the synthesis of continuous presence channel resource transmission exports, and this homepage picture comprises the picture of each sub-venue.

See Figure 12, in specific implementation, the detailed process of step 109 can comprise:

Step 109a: after powering, main meeting-place IPTV device sends logging request to video conference EPG server.

Login page is sent to main meeting-place IPTV device by step 109b: video conference EPG server.

Step 109c: main meeting-place IPTV device receives the meeting password of user's input, and this meeting password is sent to video conference EPG server as log-on message together with the MAC Address of main meeting-place equipment.

Interface in step 109d: video conference EPG server calls meeting management system carries out authentication to it.

Step 109e: when authentication is passed through, continuous presence channel resource is informed to video conference EPG server by meeting management system.When authentication is not passed through, in authenticating result, failed authentication is described.

Step 109f: video conference EPG server returns meeting homepage to main meeting-place IPTV device.

Step 109g: video conference EPG server obtains user's selection instruction, controls to select main meeting-place IPTV device to select the synthesis picture of sub-venue to show according to user's selection instruction.

Step 109h: main meeting-place IPTV device receives sub-venue video flowing, and play the picture of the sub-venue that user's selection instruction is selected.

Further, after video conference terminates, meeting management system meeting releasing resource, resource comprises main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource.

Embodiments provide a kind of meeting management system, see Figure 13, this meeting management system comprises:

Acquisition module 201, for obtaining the conferencing information of video conference, conferencing information comprises conference type, the time of meeting, and conference type is used to indicate and is back to main meeting-place the need of by sub-venue video flowing, wherein, the time of meeting comprises meeting start time and meeting adjourned time;

Distribution module 202, for being video conference Resources allocation according to conferencing information, when conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, resource comprises main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource;

Notification module 203, for by main meeting-place channel resource notice main meeting-place equipment, to make main meeting-place equipment can within the time of meeting, by main meeting-place video stream to main meeting-place channel resource; By main meeting-place channel resource notice sub-venue IPTV device, main meeting-place channel resource can be adopted to play main meeting-place video flowing to make sub-venue IPTV device; Sub-venue is returned resource notification sub-venue equipment and continuous presence equipment, can, within the time of meeting, adopt sub-venue passback resource by sub-venue video stream picture synthesis device at the most to make sub-venue equipment; Continuous presence channel resource is informed to continuous presence equipment, with make continuous presence equipment can by synthesis after sub-venue video stream to continuous presence channel resource; Continuous presence channel resource is informed to main meeting-place IPTV device, continuous presence channel resource can be adopted to play the sub-venue video flowing after synthesis to make main meeting-place IPTV device.

Embodiments provide a kind of meeting management system, see Figure 14, this meeting management system comprises:

Acquisition module 301, for obtaining the conferencing information of video conference, conferencing information comprises conference type, the time of meeting, and conference type is used to indicate and is back to main meeting-place the need of by sub-venue video flowing, wherein, the time of meeting comprises meeting start time and meeting adjourned time;

Distribution module 302, for being video conference Resources allocation according to conferencing information, when conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, resource comprises main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource;

Notification module 303, for by main meeting-place channel resource notice main meeting-place equipment, to make main meeting-place equipment can within the time of meeting, by main meeting-place video stream to main meeting-place channel resource; By main meeting-place channel resource notice sub-venue IPTV device, main meeting-place channel resource can be adopted to play main meeting-place video flowing to make sub-venue IPTV device; Sub-venue is returned resource notification sub-venue equipment and continuous presence equipment, can, within the time of meeting, adopt sub-venue passback resource by sub-venue video stream picture synthesis device at the most to make sub-venue equipment; Continuous presence channel resource is informed to continuous presence equipment, with make continuous presence equipment can by synthesis after sub-venue video stream to continuous presence channel resource; Continuous presence channel resource is informed to main meeting-place IPTV device, continuous presence channel resource can be adopted to play the sub-venue video flowing after synthesis to make main meeting-place IPTV device.

In embodiments of the present invention, acquisition module 301, before the conferencing information obtaining video conference, can also be used for the conferencing information according to the meeting of scheduling meeting request generating video.Particularly, acquisition module 301 can be used for the logging request receiving enterprise administrator, and logging request comprises username and password; When logging request is verified, receive the predetermined request of the transmission of enterprise administrator, predetermined request comprises the time of meeting, meeting is back to main meeting-place the need of by sub-venue video flowing; Whether sufficiently resource in the time of meeting is calculated according to predetermined request, here resource comprises main meeting-place channel resource, continuous presence channel resource and sub-venue passback resource, if resource abundance, generate above-mentioned conferencing information, if channel resource is inadequate, then export the first information, this first information is for pointing out user channel inadequate resource, and user needs to reselect the information such as the time of meeting or conference type.If sub-venue passback inadequate resource, then export the second information, this second information needs to reselect the information such as picture specification for pointing out user.

In a kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, notification module 303 can comprise:

First receiving element 3031, for receiving the registration request of main meeting-place equipment, registration request comprises the mark of main meeting-place equipment, and this mark can be the MAC Address of main meeting-place equipment;

Registration request can comprise following field:

First acquiring unit 3032, for adopting the mark of main meeting-place equipment, obtains the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of main meeting-place equipment;

First transmitting element 3033, for sending to main meeting-place equipment by main meeting-place channel resource (return information) corresponding for conferencing information.

First transmitting element 3033 can also be used for, when main meeting-place channel resource corresponding for conferencing information being sent to main meeting-place equipment, conferencing information, meeting TOKEN (token) and ntp server address being sent to main meeting-place equipment.Wherein, meeting TOKEN is used for as certification in follow-up reciprocal process, and ntp server is for realizing the time synchronized of main meeting-place equipment and meeting management system, so that main meeting-place equipment is according to the synchronous time controling of ntp server, meeting adjourned.

Return information can comprise following field:

In the another kind of implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, notification module 303 can also comprise:

Second receiving element 3034, for receiving the log-on message of sub-venue equipment, log-on message comprises the mark of meeting password and sub-venue equipment;

Authenticating unit 3035, for carrying out authentication to log-on message, namely inquiring about and whether there is corresponding conferencing information;

Second acquisition unit 3036, if for authentication by (namely there is conferencing information), adopts the mark of sub-venue equipment, obtains the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of sub-venue equipment;

Second transmitting element 3037, the conferencing information for the mark correspondence by sub-venue equipment sends to video conference Electronic Program Guide EPG server, and video conference EPG server is used for the sub-venue passback resource in conferencing information to send to sub-venue equipment.

Further, meeting management system can also comprise:

First sending module 304, for sending logging request to continuous presence equipment;

First receiver module 305, for receiving the certification mark that continuous presence equipment returns according to logging request;

First sending module 304, also for according to conferencing information, send configuration information to continuous presence equipment, carry certification mark when sending configuration information, configuration information is for arranging output IP and the port of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port and synthesis.

Further, meeting management system can also comprise:

Second receiver module 306, for receiving conferencing information modify instruction, conferencing information modify instruction for revise the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port, synthesis and port, synthesis synthesis picture at least one in the coordinate of each program pane and size;

Second sending module 307, for sending new configuration information according to conferencing information modify instruction to continuous presence equipment.

Further, meeting management system can also comprise:

3rd sending module 308, for sending task flush instructions to continuous presence equipment, task flush instructions is used to indicate continuous presence equipment and stops synthesis sub-venue video flowing.

Embodiments provide a kind of continuous presence equipment, see Figure 15, this continuous presence equipment comprises:

First receiver module 401, the sub-venue sent for receiving meeting management system returns resource and continuous presence channel resource;

Second receiver module 402, in video conference process, receives the sub-venue video flowing that sub-venue equipment adopts sub-venue passback resource to send;

Synthesis module 403, for synthesizing the sub-venue video flowing received, obtains the sub-venue video flowing after synthesizing;

Sending module 404, for by synthesis after sub-venue video stream to continuous presence channel resource.

Embodiments provide a kind of continuous presence equipment, see Figure 16, this continuous presence equipment comprises:

First receiver module 501, the sub-venue sent for receiving meeting management system returns resource and continuous presence channel resource;

Second receiver module 502, in video conference process, receives the sub-venue video flowing that sub-venue equipment adopts sub-venue passback resource to send;

Synthesis module 503, for synthesizing the sub-venue video flowing received, obtains the sub-venue video flowing after synthesizing;

Sending module 504, for by synthesis after sub-venue video stream to continuous presence channel resource.

In embodiments of the present invention, synthesis module 503 can comprise:

Acquiring unit 5031, for obtaining the configuration information for picture synthesis, comprise coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port, synthesis and port, synthesis for the configuration information of picture synthesis;

Synthesis unit 5032, for synthesizing the sub-venue video flowing received according to the configuration information being used for picture synthesis.

Embodiments provide a kind of continuous presence equipment, see Figure 17, this continuous presence equipment comprises processor 601, memory 602, bus 603 and communication interface 604.Wherein, memory 602 is for program code stored, processor 601, memory 602, communication interface 604 are connected by bus 603, when described continuous presence equipment runs, the described program code that processor 601 execute store 602 stores, performs video meeting implementing method to make described continuous presence equipment.

Particularly, processor 601 can realize: the sub-venue passback resource and the continuous presence channel resource that are received meeting management system transmission by communication interface 604;

In video conference process, receive sub-venue equipment by communication interface 604 and adopt described sub-venue to return the sub-venue video flowing of resource transmission; The sub-venue video flowing received is synthesized, obtains the sub-venue video flowing after synthesizing; By communication interface 604 by the extremely described continuous presence channel resource of the described sub-venue video stream after synthesis.

Further, processor 601 can also be used for: obtain the configuration information being used for picture synthesis, and described configuration information comprises coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis; According to described configuration information, the sub-venue video flowing received is synthesized.

Embodiments provide a kind of sub-venue equipment, see Figure 18, this sub-venue equipment comprises:

Receiver module 701, for receiving the sub-venue passback resource that meeting management system sends;

Video acquisition module 702, for gathering sub-venue video flowing;

Sending module 703, sends to continuous presence equipment for the sub-venue collected video flowing being adopted sub-venue passback resource.

Embodiments provide a kind of sub-venue equipment, see Figure 19, this sub-venue equipment comprises:

Receiver module 801, for receiving the sub-venue passback resource that meeting management system sends;

Video acquisition module 802, for gathering sub-venue video flowing;

Sending module 803, sends to continuous presence equipment for the sub-venue collected video flowing being adopted sub-venue passback resource.

In embodiments of the present invention, sub-venue equipment can also comprise:

Playing module 804, plays main meeting-place video flowing for adopting main meeting-place channel resource.

It should be noted that: the meeting management system that above-described embodiment provides, continuous presence equipment, sub-venue equipment, video conferencing system are when realizing video conference, only be illustrated with the division of above-mentioned each functional module, in practical application, can distribute as required and by above-mentioned functions and be completed by different functional modules, internal structure by equipment is divided into different functional modules, to complete all or part of function described above.In addition, the meeting management system that above-described embodiment provides, continuous presence equipment, sub-venue equipment, video conferencing system and video meeting implementing method embodiment belong to same design, and its specific implementation process refers to embodiment of the method, repeats no more here.

The invention described above embodiment sequence number, just to describing, does not represent the quality of embodiment.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of step realizing above-described embodiment can have been come by hardware, the hardware that also can carry out instruction relevant by program completes, described program can be stored in a kind of computer-readable recording medium, the above-mentioned storage medium mentioned can be read-only memory, disk or CD etc.

The foregoing is only preferred embodiment of the present invention, not in order to limit the present invention, within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any amendment done, equivalent replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. a video meeting implementing method, is characterized in that, described method comprises:

2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described by described main meeting-place channel resource notice main meeting-place equipment, comprising:

3. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described by described sub-venue passback resource notification sub-venue equipment, comprising:

Authentication is carried out to described log-on message;

4. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described method also comprises:

Logging request is sent to described continuous presence equipment;

5. method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, when described conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, described conferencing information also comprises the configuration information of sub-venue picture synthesis, and the configuration information of described sub-venue picture synthesis comprises coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis.

6. method according to claim 5, is characterized in that, described method also comprises:

7. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described method also comprises:

8. a video meeting implementing method, is characterized in that, described method comprises:

9. method according to claim 8, is characterized in that, the described sub-venue video flowing to receiving synthesizes, and comprising:

10. a video meeting implementing method, is characterized in that, described method comprises:

Sub-venue equipment gathers sub-venue video flowing;

11. methods according to claim 10, is characterized in that, described method also comprises:

12. 1 kinds of video conferencing systems, is characterized in that, described system comprises: main meeting-place equipment, sub-venue equipment, continuous presence equipment, IPTV system and meeting management system;

13. systems according to claim 12, is characterized in that, described meeting management system, and for receiving the registration request of main meeting-place equipment, described registration request comprises the mark of main meeting-place equipment; Adopt the mark of described main meeting-place equipment, obtain the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of described main meeting-place equipment; Main meeting-place channel resource corresponding for described conferencing information is sent to described main meeting-place equipment.

14. systems according to claim 12, is characterized in that, described meeting management system, and for receiving the log-on message of described sub-venue equipment, described log-on message comprises the mark of meeting password and sub-venue equipment; Authentication is carried out to described log-on message; If authentication is passed through, adopt the mark of described sub-venue equipment, obtain the conferencing information of the video conference of the mark correspondence of described sub-venue equipment; The conferencing information of the mark correspondence of described sub-venue equipment is sent to video conference Electronic Program Guide EPG server, described video conference EPG server is used for the sub-venue passback resource in described conferencing information to send to described sub-venue equipment.

15. systems according to claim 12, is characterized in that, described meeting management system, also for sending logging request to described continuous presence equipment; Receive the certification mark that described continuous presence equipment returns according to described logging request; According to described conferencing information, configuration information is sent to described continuous presence equipment, carry described certification mark when sending described configuration information, described configuration information is for arranging output IP and the port of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of sub-venue video flowing and port and synthesis.

16. systems according to claim 12, it is characterized in that, when described conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, described conferencing information also comprises the configuration information of sub-venue picture synthesis, and the configuration information of described sub-venue picture synthesis comprises coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis.

17. systems according to claim 16, it is characterized in that, described meeting management system, also for receiving conferencing information modify instruction, described conferencing information modify instruction for revise the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis synthesis picture at least one in the coordinate of each program pane and size; New configuration information is sent to described continuous presence equipment according to described conferencing information modify instruction.

18. systems according to claim 12, it is characterized in that, described meeting management system, also for sending task flush instructions to described continuous presence equipment, described task flush instructions is used to indicate described continuous presence equipment and stops the described sub-venue video flowing of synthesis.

19. systems according to claim 12, it is characterized in that, described continuous presence equipment, for obtaining the configuration information for picture synthesis, described configuration information comprises coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis; According to described configuration information, the sub-venue video flowing received is synthesized.

20. systems according to claim 12, is characterized in that, described sub-venue equipment, also for adopting main meeting-place channel resource to play main meeting-place video flowing.

21. systems according to claim 12, is characterized in that, described main meeting-place equipment comprises:

Video acquisition module, for gathering the video of main meeting-place;

22. systems according to claim 12, is characterized in that, described sub-venue equipment comprises:

Video acquisition module, for gathering the video of sub-venue;

23. systems according to claim 12, is characterized in that, described IPTV system comprises:

24. 1 kinds of meeting management systems, is characterized in that, described meeting management system comprises:

25. meeting management systems according to claim 24, is characterized in that, described notification module, comprising:

26. meeting management systems according to claim 24, is characterized in that, described notification module, comprising:

27. meeting management systems according to claim 24, is characterized in that, described meeting management system also comprises:

28. meeting management systems according to claim 24, it is characterized in that, when described conference type instruction needs sub-venue video flowing to be back to main meeting-place, described conferencing information also comprises the configuration information of sub-venue picture synthesis, and the configuration information of described sub-venue picture synthesis comprises coordinate and the size of each program pane in the synthesis picture of the sub-venue video flowing after the output IP of the sub-venue video flowing after certification mark, the input IP of described sub-venue video flowing and port, described synthesis and port, described synthesis.

29. meeting management systems according to claim 28, is characterized in that, described meeting management system also comprises:

30. meeting management systems according to claim 24, is characterized in that, described meeting management system also comprises:

31. 1 kinds of continuous presence equipment, is characterized in that, described continuous presence equipment comprises:

32. continuous presence equipment according to claim 31, it is characterized in that, described synthesis module, comprising:

33. 1 kinds of sub-venue equipment, is characterized in that, described sub-venue equipment comprises:

Video acquisition module, for gathering sub-venue video flowing;

34. sub-venue equipment according to claim 33, is characterized in that, described sub-venue equipment also comprises: