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 The VCON Conference Bridge (VCB) is designed to join groups of participants together in a single videoconferencing session. The VCB fits most conferencing requirements by allowing up to eight participants per session and is versatile in the way it can be configured and used. The VCB is economical enough to reside in several locations of a distributed organization, with single or dual session VCBs at each office. For centralized locations, a large, multiple-session VCB provides simultaneous conferences that fit the needs of a more sizeable employee population. The VCB can serve both as a dial-in conferencing bridge and as an ad-hoc conferencing bridge, where multipoint conferencing is as easy as pushing the "invite" button on the display.
Benefits
- Continuous presence calls that allow users to see up to 4 participants simultaneously
- Voice-activated switching calls, where all participants see only the person talking
- Dial-in conferencing allows simple "meet me here" conferences
- Simultaneously stream active conferences via integrated multicast feature
- Gateway connected users can join conferences via ISDN connections
- Audio add-in support allows users to call from a telephone
The VCB allows users to choose between viewing conferences in continuous presence mode or in voice-activated switching mode. When in continuous presence mode, the users benefit by being able to see up to four users simultaneously, simulating a conference discussion. Voice-activated switching mode is optimal for a conference where there is one predominant speaker, or where viewing only the person speaking is preferred. Both modes can be set up for either dial-in conferences or ad-hoc conferences.
The VCB is an integral part of VCON's client/server architecture designed around the VCON MXM. A key function that the MXM provides to the VCB is ad-hoc videoconferences. While some multipoint calls are scheduled in advance, most conferencing needs are ad-hoc. Inviting a user into an existing videoconference, with just the click of the "invite" button, is a feature unique to VCON endpoints using the VCB. When two users are in a point-to-point videoconference, one of the users can click their "invite" button, select another participant from the online directory, and seamlessly join them into the call.
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