US 12,267,215 B2
Dynamic and configurable local mesh network for video conference
Alexander Shneyderman, Wayne, NJ (US); Nicholas Alexander Sieracki, Sylmar, CA (US); and Michael Adrian White, Alpine, UT (US)
Assigned to Zoom Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/525,979.
Application 18/525,979 is a continuation of application No. 17/973,349, filed on Oct. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,870,660.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171475 A1, May 23, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/16 (2022.01); H04L 41/0896 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/16 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
hosting, by an audio/video conference (AVC) provider, an AVC in which client machines exchange media data streams with one another, wherein the AVC provider is remote from the client machines;
assigning, by the AVC provider, a first portion of the client machines to operate as parent nodes in a mesh network, and assigning a second portion of the client machines to operate as child nodes in the mesh network;
assigning, by the AVC provider, the child nodes to the parent nodes; and
delivering, by the AVC provider, a media data stream associated with the AVC to the parent nodes, wherein the media data stream is provided from the parent nodes to the child nodes.