Reducing videoconferencing bandwidth usage

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, from an imaging device, a first frame of a first video stream;

decomposing the first frame into a plurality of portions;

selecting a first portion of the plurality of portions;

determining that the first portion matches, within a predetermined threshold, a sent portion that is stored in a sent catalog;

determining a first identifier associated with the first portion based at least in part on the sent catalog;

sending the first identifier, instead of the first portion, to a server;

selecting a second portion of the plurality of portions;

determining that the second portion fails to match any sent portions that are stored in the sent catalog;

creating a second identifier based at least in part on using the second portion as input to a hashing function;

sending the second identifier with the second portion to the server;

storing the second identifier and the second portion in the sent catalog;

receiving data from the server;

determining that the data includes a third portion of a second frame of a second video stream and an associated third identifier;

storing the third portion and the associated third identifier in a received portion catalog;

determining that the data includes a frame complete indicator; and

generating the second frame based on the received portion catalog, wherein the second frame includes at least the third portion of the second frame and a fourth portion of a third frame.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending the second portion to the server.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising:

associating the second identifier with the second portion.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first video stream is H.264 compliant.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising:

determining that the data includes a fourth identifier; and

retrieving a fourth portion associated with the fourth identifier from the received portion catalog.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein determining that the first portion matches, within the predetermined threshold, the sent portion that is stored in the sent catalog comprises:

comparing the first portion with the sent portion; and

determining that the first portion differs from the sent portion by less than a predetermined number of pixels.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising:

determining that the data includes a macro identifier; and

retrieving a plurality of received portions from the received portion catalog based at least in part on the macro identifier.

8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that are executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from an imaging device, a first frame of a first video stream;

selecting a first portion of a plurality of portions of the first frame;

determining that the first portion matches, within a predetermined threshold, a sent portion that is included in a sent catalog;

determining a first identifier associated with the first portion based on the sent catalog;

sending the first identifier, instead of the first portion, to a server;

selecting a second portion of the plurality of portions;

determining that the second portion fails to match any sent portions that are stored in the sent catalog;

creating a second identifier based at least in part on using the second portion as input to a hashing function;

sending the second identifier with the second portion to the server;

storing the second identifier and the second portion in the sent catalog;

receiving data from the server;

determining that the data includes a third portion of a second frame of a second video stream and an associated third identifier;

storing the third portion and the associated third identifier in a received portion catalog;

determining that the data includes a frame complete indicator; and

generating the second frame based on the received portion catalog, wherein the second frame includes at least the third portion of the second frame and a fourth portion of a third frame.

9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

sending the second portion to the server.

10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

associating the second identifier with the second portion.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

receiving a selection to display complete frames before generating the second frame.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

determining that the data includes a fourth identifier; and

retrieving a fourth portion associated with the fourth identifier from the received portion catalog.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

determining that the data includes a macro identifier; and

retrieving a plurality of received portions from the received portion catalog based at least in part on the macro identifier.

14. A computing device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from an imaging device, a first frame of a first video stream;

determining that a first portion of the first frame matches, within a predetermined threshold, a sent portion that is stored in a sent catalog;

determining a first identifier associated with the first portion based on the sent catalog;

sending the first identifier, instead of the first portion, to a server;

selecting a second portion of the first frame;

determining that the second portion fails to match any sent portions that are stored in the sent catalog;

creating a second identifier based at least in part on using the second portion as input to a hashing function;

sending the second identifier with the second portion to the server;

storing the second identifier and the second portion in the sent catalog;

receiving data from the server;

determining that the data includes a third portion of a second frame of a second video stream and an associated third identifier;

storing the third portion and the associated third identifier in a received portion catalog;

determining that the data includes a frame complete indicator; and

generating the second frame based on the received portion catalog, wherein the second frame includes the third portion of the second frame and a fourth portion of a third frame.

15. The computing device of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

sending the second portion to the server.

16. The computing device of claim 15 , the operations further

associating the second identifier with the second portion.

17. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein determining that the first portion matches, within the predetermined threshold, the sent portion that is stored in the sent catalog comprises:

comparing the first portion with the sent portion; and

determining that the first portion differs from the sent portion by less than a predetermined number of pixels.

18. The computing device of claim 17 , the operations further comprising:

determining that the data includes a fifth identifier; and

retrieving a fifth portion associated with the fifth identifier from the received portion catalog.

19. The computing device of claim 17 , wherein the first video stream has a frame rate of one of fifteen frames per second, thirty frames per second, or sixty frames per second.

20. The computing device of claim 17 , the operations further comprising:

determining that the data includes a macro identifier; and

retrieving a plurality of received portions from the received portion catalog based at least in part on the macro identifier.