US 12,231,813 B1
Bridging video conference connections
Brandon Roper, Washington, UT (US)
Assigned to Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/376,015.
Application 18/376,015 is a continuation of application No. 17/587,356, filed on Jan. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,792,366.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04L 65/401 (2022.01); H04L 65/65 (2022.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/152 (2013.01) [H04L 65/401 (2022.05); H04L 65/65 (2022.05); H04N 7/147 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
joining, using a first network interface of a client device, a video conference, the video conference including a plurality of participants;
after joining the video conference, connecting to the video conference using a second network interface simultaneously with the first network interface;
assigning a first multimedia stream to the first network interface and a second multimedia stream to the second network interface based on network characteristics associated with the first and second network interfaces; and
using the first and second network interfaces to transmit or receive the first and second multimedia streams, respectively, during the video conference.