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Welcome

Welcome to the Synergy SKY Connect Open Video Interop documentation! This guide will help you get started with our powerful REST API and JavaScript framework, designed to simplify video conferencing interoperability.

What is Synergy SKY Connect?

Synergy SKY Connect is a multi-vendor gateway that bridges the gap between traditional SIP video conferencing endpoints and modern cloud-based meeting/video platforms like Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and Zoom. It provides a seamless, one-click-to-join experience from any SIP device, regardless of the meeting platform. Our solutions ensure that all your video conferencing equipment can work together, streamlining workflows and maximizing your existing technology investments.

Introduction to Open Video Interop (OVI)

Open Video Interop (OVI) is the open standard from Synergy SKY that connects the world of modern web-based video apps with the global ecosystem of SIP video devices and conferencing rooms.

How it Works

At its core, OVI works like a SIP ↔ WebRTC Enabled WebApp gateway — but it’s designed as a developer integration point, not just a protocol bridge.

By integrating once with OVI, web app developers can make their video platforms instantly accessible from millions of SIP endpoints (Cisco, Poly, Lifesize, Yealink, Zoom Rooms and more) without needing to implement SIP themselves.

For enterprises, OVI means your existing room systems gain seamless access to any new or emerging video app. For developers, it means your web application can reach the enterprise video hardware market with minimal effort. In short: OVI removes the barriers between SIP and WebRTC, enabling universal interoperability and future-proof collaboration.

Key Features

  • Universal Compatibility: OVI is an open standard designed to work with all major web-based video services and SIP hardware, ensuring future-proof integration.

  • Enhanced Interoperability: OVI enhances interoperability, allowing companies to integrate existing SIP hardware with modern cloud-based collaboration tools. This expands the usability of their meeting rooms, freeing them from the limitations of proprietary systems.

The interfaces

OVI High-level

OVI CONNECT API

Our REST API is the starting point of the OVI solution and is where you provision the URL to the collaboration session you want to enable for SIP video. Typically this is executed from your backend.
A simple REST API will allow you to publish your URL and in return you will be given a SIP-URI which can be dialed directly from any SIP enabled video conferencing devices that are allowed to dial out on the internet.

OVI JavaScript Framework

The OVI JavaScript Framework is an API that enables your WebRTC-enabled web app to integrate with Synergy SKY CONNECT. When a user dials your SIP-URI from the OVI CONNECT API, Synergy SKY CONNECT automatically launches a browser session to your web app, providing access to the framework for seamless call handling.