| US 7,593,987 B2 | ||
| Load reduction and scalability | ||
| Joseph Salesky, Cameron Park, Calif. (US); Peter Madams, Moraga, Calif. (US); Jon Flower, Walnut Creek, Calif. (US); Clint Kaul, San Mateo, Calif. (US); Benjamin Wells, Walnut Creek, Calif. (US); and Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne, San Francisco, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Pixion, Inc., San Ramon, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 28, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/926,058. | ||
| Application 11/926058 is a continuation of application No. 10/753702, filed on Jan. 07, 2004, granted, now 7,310,675. | ||
| Application 10/753702 is a continuation of application No. 10/600144, filed on Jun. 19, 2003, granted, now 7,197,535. | ||
| Application 10/600144 is a continuation of application No. 09/523315, filed on Mar. 10, 2000, abandoned. | ||
| Application 09/523315 is a continuation of application No. 08/823744, filed on Mar. 25, 1997, granted, now 6,343,313. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/014242, filed on Mar. 26, 1996. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0195955 A1, Aug. 14, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—204 [709/203] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A method for reducing distribution loads in a conferencing network, the method comprising:
associating a primary conference server with a presenter client;
associating a first server from a group of secondary conference servers with the primary conference server;
associating a first group of attendee clients from all attendee clients involved in a particular conference in the conferencing
network with the first server from the group of secondary conference servers; and
distributing conferencing data from the presenter client to all the attendee clients involved in the particular conference,
wherein a load associated with distribution of the conferencing data by the primary conference server is reduced as a result
of the primary conference server delegating distribution of the conference data to at least the first server from the group
of secondary conference servers, the first server from the group of secondary conference servers distributing the conference
data from the presenter client to the first group of attendee clients from all attendee clients.
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