TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING MEDIA CONTENT FOR MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE EVENT Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC H04N7/15 H04N21/431 

FIELD: radio engineering, communication.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to multimedia conferencing in a communication network to share different types of media content during a real-time conference. A media content manager component is operative to generate a visual composition for a multimedia conference event. The media content manager component may comprise a video decoder module operative to decode multiple media streams for a multimedia conference event. The media content manager component may comprise a media stream manager module operative to determine that the total number of decoded media streams is greater than the total number of available display frames in a visual composition. The media content manager component may comprise a media selection module operative to select an active group of decoded media streams from among the total number of decoded media streams for mapping to the available display frames based on speech activity.

EFFECT: improved interaction with users and easier multimedia conferencing.

11 cl, 7 dwg