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Abstract

In a method for performing a multipoint video conference in a video conferencing system and a computer-readable record media storing a plurality of instructions for performing the method, the floor is given to participants of a conference so that the multipoint video conference can be progressed without a necessity of an MCU, and audio/video streams of the participants who actually utter in the conference can be selectively transmitted according to a capability of a transmission system. In the inventive method and recording medium, the method includes a first step of performing an initializing work so that a chairman of the conference can manage the conference based on a multipoint type; a second step of giving a given floor to a large number of participants who request the floor after the initializing work, through an active multipoint controller (MC); and a third step of selectively transmitting an audio and video stream of the participants who substantially utter in the conference according to the capability of an active transmission system in order to execute the given floor, thereby being utilized in a video conferencing system.

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