George Politis

A method for dynamically adapting to increased system load at a selective forwarding unit (SFU) is disclosed. In an embodiment, an SFU sends a plurality of video streams to a plurality of participant computing devices. The SFU monitors a system load value on the SFU according to any of a plurality of metrics. When the SFU determines that the monitored system load value exceeds a stored load threshold value, the SFU selects one or more of the streams being sent to participant computing devices… Show more

A method for dynamically adapting to increased system load at a selective forwarding unit (SFU) is disclosed. In an embodiment, an SFU sends a plurality of video streams to a plurality of participant computing devices. The SFU monitors a system load value on the SFU according to any of a plurality of metrics. When the SFU determines that the monitored system load value exceeds a stored load threshold value, the SFU selects one or more of the streams being sent to participant computing devices and disables them. Show less

A data processing method comprising generating, by each Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) endpoint of a plurality of ICE endpoints, a username comprising an identifier, wherein the plurality of ICE endpoints are accessible through a single Internet Protocol (IP) address and port number pair; sending, by each ICE endpoint, at least the username to a server for use in establishing a session between a specific ICE endpoint of the plurality of ICE endpoints and a client device;… Show more

A data processing method comprising generating, by each Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) endpoint of a plurality of ICE endpoints, a username comprising an identifier, wherein the plurality of ICE endpoints are accessible through a single Internet Protocol (IP) address and port number pair; sending, by each ICE endpoint, at least the username to a server for use in establishing a session between a specific ICE endpoint of the plurality of ICE endpoints and a client device; receiving, at a proxy associated with the plurality of ICE endpoints, a datagram from the client device for the specific ICE endpoint, wherein the datagram comprises the username; in response to attributes of the datagram not matching an entry in a table of the proxy, extracting the identifier from the username; forwarding, by the proxy, the datagram to the specific ICE endpoint based on the identifier. Show less

A data processing method comprises, using a media server during a first media session between a client device and the media server, determining a stable bitrate value for use as a rate of transmitting multimedia data from the client device to the media server; storing, in a database, the stable bitrate value for the client device in association with an identifier; receiving, from the client device, a request to establish a second media session; determining the identifier within the request; in… Show more

A data processing method comprises, using a media server during a first media session between a client device and the media server, determining a stable bitrate value for use as a rate of transmitting multimedia data from the client device to the media server; storing, in a database, the stable bitrate value for the client device in association with an identifier; receiving, from the client device, a request to establish a second media session; determining the identifier within the request; in response to the request, based on the identifier in the request, searching the database for the stable bitrate value that is associated with the identifier; in response to locating the stable bitrate value in the database, sending the stable bitrate value to the client device for use in estimating a bitrate for transmitting multimedia from the client device to the media server in the second media session; establishing, by the media server, the second media session, wherein the media server initially receives multimedia data from the client device at the stable bitrate. Show less