WO2017084335A1

WO2017084335A1 - Video call connection method, system and device, and video service end

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Publication number: WO2017084335A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/086548
Authority: WO
Inventors: 康华; 徐珣; 成宁; 彭亮
Original assignee: 乐视控股（北京）有限公司; 乐视致新电子科技（天津）有限公司
Priority date: 2015-11-16
Filing date: 2016-06-21
Publication date: 2017-05-26
Also published as: CN105872435A

Abstract

Disclosed are a video call connection method, system and device, and a video service end. The method comprises: after receiving a call instruction triggered by a called party account, acquiring a calling party account, calling party device information and the called party account corresponding to the call instruction; forming a call application containing the calling party account, the calling party device information and the called party account; and initiating the call application to a video service end, so that the video service end sends a connection application from the calling party account to all called party devices corresponding to the called party account according to the call application. The present invention achieves the purpose of enabling a calling party to simultaneously send a connection request to all devices having logged in to a called party account of a called party.

Description

Video call connection method, system, device and video server

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201510786942.1, filed on Nov. 16, 2015.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of video call technologies, and more particularly, to a video call connection method, a system capable of implementing the method, a device configured with the system, and a video server supporting the method and system .

Background technique

With the popularity of smart terminals and the rapid development of the network, communication between people is increasingly realized by the network. For example, client applications such as WeChat and QQ can send texts, voices, and messages between friends. Even the video, where the video call is particularly convenient, can get the feeling that the other party seems to be in the opposite direction.

In the existing video call application, only one called party device in the login state can receive the connection request from the calling party account, and therefore, the called party cannot select a suitable device to pass the connection request according to the current needs. Moreover, the caller may not be able to contact the called party in time because the called party is not in the vicinity of the corresponding device, and the problem is particularly prominent in an application capable of making a video call through the television. Therefore, the current video call application has basic limitations. This limits the scope of video calling between computers and mobile phones, mobile phones and mobile phones, and computers and computers.

Summary of the invention

It is an object of embodiments of the present invention to provide a new technical solution that enables a calling party to place a video call connection request to all called party devices through the called party account.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a video call connection method is provided, comprising:

After receiving a call command triggered by the called party account:

Obtaining a calling party account, calling party device information, and a called party account corresponding to the call instruction;

Forming a call application including the calling party account number, the calling party device information, and the called party account number;

And initiating, by the video server, the call request, so that the video server sends a connection request from the caller account to all called party devices corresponding to the called party account according to the call request.

Optionally, the method further includes:

After the call request is sent to the video server, if a connection failure message returned by the video server is received, a specific connection failure event is obtained from the connection failure message, and the connection is displayed by the calling device. Failure event.

Optionally, the method further includes:

After receiving the connection request from the calling party account:

A ringing and/or vibrating alert is generated by the called party device until any prompting stop event is detected, wherein the prompting stop event includes that the corresponding connection request has been passed, and the prompt time has reached the set time limit;

If the received connection request is passed, then:

Setting a called party device that is connected by the connection as a response device, and acquiring the answering device information to form a connection response including the responding device information;

The connection response is sent to the video server to enable the video server to establish a video call connection between the calling device and the answering device according to the connection response and the corresponding call request.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a video call connection system is provided, comprising:

a call processing module, configured to receive a call instruction triggered by the called party account, and obtain a caller account number, a caller device information, and a called party account corresponding to the call instruction after receiving the call instruction, to form a call instruction a call application including the caller account number, the caller device information, and the called party account number; and,

a call execution module, configured to initiate the call request to the video server after receiving the call request provided by the call processing module, so that the video server is requested according to the call A connection request from the calling party account is issued to all called party devices corresponding to the called party account.

Optionally, the system further includes:

a connection failure processing module, configured to: after receiving a connection failure message corresponding to the call request returned by the video server, obtain a specific connection failure event from the connection failure message, and display the Connection failure event.

Preferably, the system further comprises:

The response prompting module is configured to receive a connection request from the calling party account sent by the video server, and generate a ringing and/or vibrating alert through the called party device after receiving the connection request until any prompting stop event is detected, The prompt stop event includes that the corresponding connection request has been passed, and the prompt time has reached the set time limit;

The response processing module is configured to: when the received connection request is passed, set the called party device that is requested by the connection as the answering device, and obtain the answering device information to form a connection response including the responding device information;

The response execution module is configured to send the connection response to the video server after receiving the connection response provided by the response processing module, so that the video server is in the calling party according to the connection response and the corresponding call request A video call connection is established between the device and the answering device.

According to a third aspect of the invention, there is provided an apparatus having a video call connection system according to the second aspect of the invention. In this way, the device as a calling party device will be able to initiate a call connection to all corresponding called party devices through the called account.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a video server is provided to enable a video server to support the video service connection method, system and device of the present invention. The video server includes:

An application processing module, configured to receive a call request including a calling party account, a calling party device information, and a called party account, and search for all called party device information corresponding to the called party account according to the call request;

a connection requesting module, configured to send a connection request from the calling party account to the corresponding called party device according to each of the called party device information; and

a connection module, configured to receive, after the connection request module issues the connection request, receive A connection response returned by a called party device of the answering device, including the answering device information, and establishing a video call connection between the answering device and the calling party device according to the connection answer and the corresponding call request.

Optionally, the video server further includes:

a status monitoring module, configured to return a connection failure message to the calling party device corresponding to the caller information after monitoring any connection failure event, where the connection failure event includes not finding the corresponding called party account number The called party device information, the connection response is not received within the set time range, the connection request cannot be issued, and the video call connection cannot be established.

Optionally, the video server further includes:

The information update module is configured to: when detecting that the account is logged in, obtain the device information of the currently logged in device, and find whether the device list corresponding to the account has the device information of the currently logged device, and if not, the The device information of the currently logged in device is added to the corresponding device list; and,

An information storage module, configured to store a list of devices identified by an account.

The inventors of the present invention have found that in the prior art, there is a problem that the called party cannot select a suitable device to perform a video call according to the current needs, thereby limiting the scope of the video call application. Therefore, the technical task to be achieved by the present invention or the technical problem to be solved is not thought of or expected by those skilled in the art, so the present invention is a new technical solution.

An advantageous effect of the present invention is that the video call connection method, system, device and video server of the present invention establish a correspondence between a user account and all devices that have logged in to the user account, and therefore, two users are established. When the video call connection between the accounts is made, all the corresponding called party device information can be found through the called party account, thereby enabling all the called party devices of the called party to receive the connection from the calling party account. The purpose of the request, in this way, the convenience of being called can select a suitable device through the connection request according to the current needs to make a video call with the calling party.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the Detailed Description of the <RTIgt;

DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in FIG

1 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a video call connection method according to the present invention;

2 is a flow chart showing an interaction process between a calling party device and a called party device according to the video call connection method of the present invention;

3 is a block schematic diagram of an implementation structure of a video call connection system according to the present invention;

4 is a block schematic diagram showing another implementation structure of a video call connection system according to the present invention;

Figure 5 is a block schematic diagram of an implementation of a video server in accordance with the present invention.

detailed description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the relative arrangement of the components and steps, numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in the embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the invention unless otherwise specified.

The following description of the at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative and is in no way

Techniques, methods and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but the techniques, methods and apparatus should be considered as part of the specification, where appropriate.

In all of the examples shown and discussed herein, any specific values are to be construed as illustrative only and not as a limitation. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.

It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters indicate similar items in the following figures, and therefore, once an item is defined in one figure, it is not required to be further discussed in the subsequent figures.

The present invention provides a video call connection method, as shown in FIG. 1 , in order to solve the problem that the called party cannot select a suitable device to perform a video call according to the current needs, thereby limiting the scope of the video call application. The method comprises the following steps:

Step S1: It is judged whether a call instruction triggered by the called party account is received, and if yes, step S2 is performed, and if no, step S1 is continued.

Here, the user (as the calling party) needs to trigger the call instruction via an input module of the calling party device, for example a button and/or a touch screen, in particular, the calling party can pass the calling party device View all contacts under the caller's account and select the contact as the called party so that the call can trigger the call instruction for the selected called party.

Step S2: Obtain the calling party account number, the calling party device information, and the called party account number corresponding to the call instruction, and then perform step S3.

The calling party account and the called party account are the user accounts corresponding to the client application. According to the different roles of different user accounts in the video call, the user account is divided into the calling party account and the called party account, and the user account is unique. , which is an important credential to identify the user.

The device information is used to identify the corresponding device, and the device corresponds to the device. When the user logs in to the user account through any device, the video server obtains and records the corresponding device information. Therefore, the video server records that any user has been logged in. Device information for all devices of the account. In this paper, devices are divided into caller devices and called party devices according to different roles of different devices in video calls.

Since the call instruction is triggered for the selected called party, the called party account number can be obtained in the contact information of the corresponding called party.

Step S3: Form a call application including the calling party account, the calling party device information, and the called party account, and then perform step S4.

Step S4: Initiating the call request to the video server, so that the video server sends a connection request from the calling party account to all the called party devices corresponding to the called party account according to the call request.

Specifically, after receiving the call request, the video server searches for all the called party device information corresponding to the called party account according to the call request, and sends a message from the corresponding calling party device according to each called party device information. The connection request for the calling party account. In this way, the conveniently called can select a called party device to apply for the video call through the connection according to the current needs, and then perform a video call with the calling party. For example, if the called party is at home at this time, the connection request can be received. The TV makes a video call with the calling party, which not only liberates the hands of the called party, but also gives the calling party a larger view. If the called party is not at home, the receiving application can be received. The phone makes a video call with the calling party.

It can be seen that the method of the present invention is based on establishing a corresponding relationship between a user account and all devices logged in to the user account, and establishing a video call connection between the two user accounts. When the callee account is found, all the corresponding called party device information can be found, thereby achieving the purpose of making a connection request to all the called party devices corresponding to the called party account, so that the convenient call can be selected according to current needs. A suitable device requests through the connection to make a video call with the calling party, and thus the method of the present invention will be able to enhance the user experience.

In order to enable the calling party to know the intermediate connection status of the corresponding call instruction, in a specific embodiment of the present invention, the method of the present invention further includes the following steps: after initiating the call request to the video server, if the video server is received Returning the connection failure message, obtaining a specific connection failure event from the connection failure message, and displaying the connection failure event by the calling party device (specifically, by the display system of the calling party device), the connection failure event includes, for example, The called party device information corresponding to the called party account is found, the connection response returned by the called party device is not received within the set time range, and the connection request cannot be issued (including the connection request cannot be sent to all the called party devices and cannot be A connection request is sent to a part of the called party device, and the video call connection cannot be established.

Correspondingly, the video server will monitor the connection failure event after receiving the call request, and return the connection failure message to the calling device when it detects that any connection failure event occurs.

If there is a connection failure event that cannot make a connection request to a part of the called party device, the video server will not be affected to send the connection request to other called party devices.

According to the foregoing steps S1 to S4, FIG. 2 shows an interaction step between the calling party device, the called party device and the video server according to the method of the present invention, which specifically includes:

Step S1: The calling party device receives a call instruction triggered by the called party account.

Step S2: The calling party device acquires the calling party account, the calling party device information, and the called party account corresponding to the call instruction.

Step S3: One end of the calling party device forms a call application including the calling party account, the calling party device information, and the called party account.

Step S4: The calling party device initiates the call request to the video server.

Step S5: The video server sends a connection request from the calling party account to all the called party devices corresponding to the called party account according to the call request.

Step S6: All called party devices ring and/or vibrate after receiving the connection request prompt.

Step S7: The called party device determines at one end whether the called party device passes the connection request, if yes, performs step S8, and causes the called party device to stop prompting.

Step S8: One end of the called party device sets the called party device that is requested by the connection as the answering device, and acquires the answering device information to form a connection response including the responding device information.

Step S9: The answering device sends the connection response to the video server.

Step S10: The video server establishes a video call connection between the calling party device and the answering device according to the connection response and the corresponding call request.

To this end, the method of the invention may further comprise the following steps:

Step S6: After receiving the connection request from the calling party account, generate a ringing and/or vibrating alert through the called party device (specifically through the prompting system of the called party device) until any prompt stop event is detected, The prompt stop event includes, for example, that the connection request has been passed (ie, has been requested by the arbitrary called party device through the connection) and the prompt time reaches the set time limit.

To this end, as long as the called party requests through the connection by any of the called party devices that have received the connection request, the other called party device that receives the connection request will stop generating ringing and/or vibrating prompts.

Step S7: It is judged whether the received connection request is passed, and if yes, step S8 is performed, and if no, step S7 is continued.

Step S8: setting the called party device that is connected by the connection as a response device, and acquiring the response device information to form a connection response including the response device information, and then performing step S9.

Step S9: Send the connection response to the video server, so that the video server establishes a video call connection between the calling device and the answering device according to the connection response and the corresponding call request.

The present invention also provides a video call connection system capable of implementing the video call connection method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the system includes a call processing module 101 and a call execution module 102, wherein the call processing module 101 is configured to receive The call instruction triggered by the called party account, and after receiving the call instruction, obtain the caller account number, the caller device information, and the called party account corresponding to the call instruction, forming the call party account number, the caller device information, and the a call application of the caller's account; the call execution module 102 is configured to initiate the call request to the video server after receiving the call request provided by the call processing module 101, so that the video server can The call application issues a connection request from the calling party account to all called party devices corresponding to the called party account.

The system of the present invention may further include a connection failure processing module (not shown) for obtaining a specific connection failure message after receiving the connection failure message of the corresponding call request returned by the video server. A connection failure event is displayed and the connection failure event is displayed by the calling party device.

As shown in FIG. 4, the system of the present invention may further include an answer prompting module 201, a response processing module 202, and a response executing module 203, and the response prompting module 201 is configured to receive a connection request from a calling party account issued by the video server, and After receiving the connection request, a ringing and/or vibrating alert is generated by the called party device until any prompting stop event is detected, wherein the prompting stop event includes, for example, the corresponding connection request has been passed, and the prompt time is reached. The answer processing module 202 is configured to, when the connection request is passed, set the called party device that is connected by the connection as the answering device, and obtain the answering device information to form a connection response including the responding device information; the response The executing module 203 is configured to send the connection response to the video server after receiving the connection response provided by the response processing module 202, so that the video server is in the calling device and the answering device according to the connection response and the corresponding call request. Establish a video call connection.

The present invention also provides a device comprising the above video call connection system, so that the device can support the video call connection method of the present invention, and can simultaneously call all called party devices corresponding to the called account when being a caller device When the device is called, the video call connection with the calling party device can be established according to the selected party. The device may be any device having a video call hardware basis, for example, a mobile phone, a television, etc., so that, based on the device of the present invention, a video can be established between the television and the television, the television and the mobile phone, and the mobile phone and the mobile phone according to the user's selection. Call connection.

The present invention also provides a video server corresponding to the video call connection method, system and device of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the video server includes an application processing module 401, a connection application module 402, and a connection module 403. The application processing module 401 is configured to receive a call request including a calling party account, a calling party device information, and a called party account, and search for all called party device information corresponding to the called account according to the call request; Module 402 And configured to send, according to each called party device information, a connection request from the calling party account to the corresponding called party device; the connection module 403 is configured to receive, after the connection requesting module 402 sends the connection request, a received device as the response device. The connection response returned by the calling party device, including the answering device information, and establishing a video call connection between the answering device and the calling party device according to the connection answer and the corresponding call request.

The video server may further include a status monitoring module (not shown) for returning a connection failure message to the calling party device corresponding to the calling party information after monitoring any connection failure event, wherein the connection fails. The event includes not finding the called party device information corresponding to the called party account, not receiving the connection response within the set time range, unable to make a connection request, and unable to establish a video call connection.

The video server may further include an information update module and an information storage module (not shown), where the information update module is configured to acquire device information of the currently logged device when the account is detected to be logged in, and find the corresponding device. Whether the device list of the current login device has the device information of the current login device, and if not, the device information of the current login device is added to the corresponding device list; the information storage module is configured to store the device identified by the account. List. In this way, the application processing module 401 can quickly find all the corresponding called party device information through the called party account.

The various embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same or similar parts between the various embodiments may be referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments, but the field It should be clear to the skilled person that the above embodiments can be used individually or in combination with each other as needed. In addition, for the system embodiment, since it corresponds to the method embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant parts can be referred to the description of the corresponding part of the method embodiment. The system embodiments described above are merely illustrative, and the modules illustrated as separate components may or may not be physically separate.

The invention can be an apparatus, method and/or computer program product. The computer program product can comprise a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program instructions embodied thereon for causing a processor to implement various aspects of the present invention.

The computer readable storage medium can be a tangible device that can hold and store the instructions used by the instruction execution device. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example but not limited to, an electronic storage Storage device, magnetic storage device, optical storage device, electromagnetic storage device, semiconductor storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (non-exhaustive list) of computer readable storage media include: portable computer disks, hard disks, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) Or flash memory), static random access memory (SRAM), portable compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disk (DVD), memory stick, floppy disk, mechanical encoding device, for example, with instructions stored thereon A raised structure in the hole card or groove, and any suitable combination of the above. A computer readable storage medium as used herein is not to be interpreted as a transient signal itself, such as a radio wave or other freely propagating electromagnetic wave, an electromagnetic wave propagating through a waveguide or other transmission medium (eg, a light pulse through a fiber optic cable), or through a wire The electrical signal transmitted.

The computer readable program instructions described herein can be downloaded from a computer readable storage medium to various computing/processing devices or downloaded to an external computer or external storage device over a network, such as the Internet, a local area network, a wide area network, and/or a wireless network. The network may include copper transmission cables, fiber optic transmissions, wireless transmissions, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers, and/or edge servers. A network adapter card or network interface in each computing/processing device receives computer readable program instructions from the network and forwards the computer readable program instructions for storage in a computer readable storage medium in each computing/processing device .

Computer program instructions for performing the operations of the present invention may be assembly instructions, instruction set architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine related instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or in one or more programming languages. Source code or object code written in any combination, including object oriented programming languages such as Smalltalk, C++, etc., as well as conventional procedural programming languages such as the "C" language or similar programming languages. The computer readable program instructions can execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer, partly on the remote computer, or entirely on the remote computer or server. carried out. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer can be connected to the user's computer through any kind of network, including a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN), or can be connected to an external computer (eg, using an Internet service provider to access the Internet) connection). In some embodiments, custom electronic circuits, such as programmable logic circuits, field programmable gates, are personalized by utilizing state information of computer readable program instructions An array (FPGA) or programmable logic array (PLA), which can execute computer readable program instructions to implement various aspects of the present invention.

Aspects of the present invention are described herein with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus, and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams can be implemented by computer readable program instructions.

The computer readable program instructions can be provided to a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, or a processor of other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine such that when executed by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus Means for implementing the functions/acts specified in one or more of the blocks of the flowcharts and/or block diagrams. The computer readable program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable storage medium that causes the computer, programmable data processing device, and/or other device to operate in a particular manner, such that the computer readable medium storing the instructions includes An article of manufacture that includes instructions for implementing various aspects of the functions/acts recited in one or more of the flowcharts.

The computer readable program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing device, or other device to perform a series of operational steps on a computer, other programmable data processing device or other device to produce a computer-implemented process. Thus, instructions executed on a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other device implement the functions/acts recited in one or more of the flowcharts and/or block diagrams.

The flowchart and block diagrams in the Figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to various embodiments of the invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagram can represent a module, a program segment, or a portion of an instruction that includes one or more components for implementing the specified logical functions. Executable instructions. In some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the blocks may also occur in a different order than those illustrated in the drawings. For example, two consecutive blocks may be executed substantially in parallel, and they may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It is also noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowcharts, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowcharts, can be implemented in a dedicated hardware-based system that performs the specified function or function. Or it can be implemented by a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions. For the technology in the field It is well known to personnel that implementation by hardware, implementation by software, and integration by software and hardware are equivalent.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above, and the foregoing description is illustrative, not limiting, and not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Numerous modifications and changes will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. The choice of terms used herein is intended to best explain the principles, practical applications, or technical improvements of the techniques in the <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

A video call connection method, comprising:

After receiving a call command triggered by the called party account:

Obtaining a calling party account, calling party device information, and a called party account corresponding to the call instruction;

Forming a call application including the calling party account number, the calling party device information, and the called party account number;

And initiating, by the video server, the call request, so that the video server sends a connection request from the caller account to all called party devices corresponding to the called party account according to the call request.
The method of claim 1 further comprising:

After the call request is sent to the video server, if a connection failure message returned by the video server is received, a specific connection failure event is obtained from the connection failure message, and the connection is displayed by the calling device. Failure event.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises:

After receiving the connection request from the calling party account:

A ringing and/or vibrating alert is generated by the called party device until any prompting stop event is detected, wherein the prompting stop event includes that the corresponding connection request has been passed, and the prompt time has reached the set time limit;

If the received connection request is passed, then:

Setting a called party device that is connected by the connection as a response device, and acquiring the answering device information to form a connection response including the responding device information;

The connection response is sent to the video server to enable the video server to establish a video call connection between the calling device and the answering device according to the connection response and the corresponding call request.
A video call connection system, comprising:

a call processing module, configured to receive a call instruction triggered by the called party account, and obtain the calling party account, the calling party device information, and the corresponding call after receiving the call instruction The called party account of the instruction forms a call application including the caller account number, the calling party device information, and the called party account number; and,

a call execution module, configured to initiate the call request to the video server after receiving the call request provided by the call processing module, so that the video server sends the call account corresponding to the called party according to the call request All called party devices issue a connection request from the calling party account.
The system of claim 4, wherein the system further comprises:

a connection failure processing module, configured to: after receiving a connection failure message corresponding to the call request returned by the video server, obtain a specific connection failure event from the connection failure message, and display the Connection failure event.
The system of claim 4 or 5, wherein the system further comprises:

The response prompting module is configured to receive a connection request from the calling party account sent by the video server, and generate a ringing and/or vibrating alert through the called party device after receiving the connection request until any prompting stop event is detected, The prompt stop event includes that the corresponding connection request has been passed, and the prompt time has reached the set time limit;

The response processing module is configured to: when the received connection request is passed, set the called party device that is requested by the connection as the answering device, and obtain the answering device information to form a connection response including the responding device information;

The response execution module is configured to send the connection response to the video server after receiving the connection response provided by the response processing module, so that the video server is in the calling party according to the connection response and the corresponding call request A video call connection is established between the device and the answering device.
An apparatus comprising the video call connection system of claim 4, 5 or 6.
A video server is characterized in that it comprises:

An application processing module, configured to receive a call request including a calling party account, a calling party device information, and a called party account, and search for all called party device information corresponding to the called party account according to the call request;

a connection application module, configured to send a corresponding call according to each of the called party device information The calling device issues a connection request from the calling party account; and,

a connection module, configured to receive, after the connection requesting module sends the connection request, a connection response that includes a response device information returned by a called party device as a response device, and according to the connection response and the corresponding call request Establish a video call connection between the answering device and the calling party device.
The video server according to claim 8, wherein the video server further comprises:

a status monitoring module, configured to return a connection failure message to the calling party device corresponding to the caller information after monitoring any connection failure event, where the connection failure event includes not finding the corresponding called party account number The called party device information, the connection response is not received within the set time range, the connection request cannot be issued, and the video call connection cannot be established.
The video server according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the video server further comprises:

The information update module is configured to: when detecting that the account is logged in, obtain the device information of the currently logged in device, and find whether the device list corresponding to the account has the device information of the currently logged device, and if not, the The device information of the currently logged in device is added to the corresponding device list; and,

An information storage module, configured to store a list of devices identified by an account.