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7631261 Efficient method for creating a visual telepresence for large numbers of simultaneous users  
A method for creating visual telepresence for a large number of simultaneous users includes the step of simultaneously and continuously processing sets of images from a plurality of cameras to...
7598975 Automatic face extraction for use in recorded meetings timelines  
Faces of speakers in a meeting or conference are automatically detected and facial images corresponding to each speaker are stored in a faces database. A timeline is created to graphically identify...
7515172 Automated online broadcasting system and method using an omni-directional camera system for viewing meetings over a computer network  
An automated system and method for broadcasting meetings over a computer network. The meeting is filmed using an omni-directional camera system and capable of being presented to a viewer both live...
7493079 Mobile terminal, method for recording/reproducing broadcast in mobile terminal, and broadcast recording/reproduction program  
To provide a mobile terminal having a broadcast receiving function, wherein even when reception of an incoming call or start of a call interrupts playback of a broadcast being received, all...
7466334 Method and system for recording and indexing audio and video conference calls allowing topic-based notification and navigation of recordings  
Recording and indexing audio and video conference calls allows topic-based notification, navigation and playback of one or many recordings. An external conferencing system with five internal...
7193644 Automated audio video messaging and answering system  
The invention is an audio-video communication and answering system that synergistically improves communication between an exterior and an interior of a business or residence and a remote location,...
7046268 Portable videophone unit  
The object is to realize an automatic response to an incoming call and two-way communication using at least images. In a memory ( 2 ), a personal identification number for identifying opposite...
6961003 Electronic messenger  
An apparatus for taking an electronic message from a user and actively notifying a receiver is disclosed. The apparatus includes a message input device for receiving the electronic message from the...
6859526 System and program product for managing call information  
A method for managing call information has steps of receiving a plurality of calls, determining the caller for each call, and recording a message for at least one of the calls with a recorder. A...
6842507 Simple structured portable phone with video answerphone message function and portable phone system including the same  
A destination portable phone comprises a multimedia file retention memory 100 for storing and retaining voice data and image data specified as a video answerphone message in a multimedia file...
6766527 CATV system, CATV distributor, processing terminal, and receiver  
In a processing terminal, operational request information inputted from an operational request unit is transmitted as additional information to a communication unit of a CATV distributor. In the...
6620099 Home care system, center terminal and patient terminal  
There is disclosed a home care system in which a center terminal and a patient terminal are detachably connected to each other through communication lines, such as a public telephone line, an ISDN...
6545698 Mobile video telephone with automatic answering function and method for controlling the same  
A mobile video telephone with an automatic answering function is provided for sending a distinct outgoing message to a specified person. The mobile video telephone comprises a camera for taking a...
6509924 Video telephone with automatic answering function  
The invention makes efficient use of the function of a video telephone to store incoming calls. A caller image is stored in a display storage portion during a call, and the display of the image...
6507356 Method for improving video conferencing and video calling  
A method for improving video conferencing/calling between participants is disclosed. A video conference/call display window is provided to call participants. The position of the video call window...
6424888 Call response method for vehicle  
A call response method for a vehicle used in a vehicle to respond to a call received from another system includes following steps: performing a call reception previous notification for previously...
6400693 Communications apparatus for multimedia information  
A communication unit stores information including audio and image information in order to respond to a multiplexed multimedia information signal from another communication unit. In response to the...
6385305 Video phone multimedia announcement message toolkit  
A toolkit for creating customized video announcement messages on video-enabled answering machine. The video-enabled answering machine may have many new features including customized video...
6304283 Conference apparatus and method for realistically reproducing image data and shared board data  
A conference apparatus is adapted to advantageously perform a conference with a remote counterpart apparatus, store information on the events of the conference and then provide a realistic...
6281926 Image answering machine  
Image answering apparatus comprising: an interface for connecting to a public telephone system; and memory for storing audio and image information received over the public telephone system.
6226362 Video phone interactive corporate menu answering machine announcement  
A video enable answering machine having many new features including customized video announcement messages, caller ID based video announcement messages, and time based video announcement messages.
6184921 Method for transmitting VSB digital TV with carrier frequency near co-channel NTSC audio carrier frequency  
An N-level digitally encoded signal at a symbol rate f s substantially equal to three times the NTSC color subcarrier frequency, N being a plural integer, modulates a carrier signal of a frequency...
6181784 Computer controlled video multiplexer for video conferencing and message systems  
A teleconferencing system with capability to store incoming multiple medium messages for later retrieval and playback is disclosed. The system includes a communications multiplexer which, in normal...
5959661 TV telephone terminal  
A telephone terminal capable of sending and receiving images and sounds, having a movable camera for obtaining images of the surrounding area and a sound-collection microphone for collecting...
5900906 Image communication apparatus having automatic answering and recording function  
Video data is coded at either a minimum transfer rate or maximum transfer rate and stored in a storage unit as a video reply message. In a case where the video data has been coded at the minimum...
5896165 Method and system for a video answering machine  
The present invention is a video answer machine which includes a video data recorder (26) for accepting and recording an outgoing video message, an audio data recorder (22) for accepting and...
5880770 Apparatus and method for utilizing display phone set-up time to provide third party controlled messaging  
A system for transporting messages that originate potentially with a third party to one or more other parties each of which is communicating with the other over a transmission system and...
5821983 Data message storage and transmission using a videophone and smart card  
A smart card, a non-passive, secure, microprocessor based data storage medium, is used for the storage of a plurality of data messages and is read by a video telephone terminal equipped with a...
5802526 System and method for graphically displaying and navigating through an interactive voice response menu  
Interactive voice response systems (IVRS) are used as interfaces at a wide variety of support and information retrieval centers. A caller who contacts in IVRS-equipped support center can choose to...
5778053 Answering machine services for data conferences  
A method, apparatus, and storage medium for receiving, with a callee of a data conferencing system, a data conferencing call from a caller of the data conferencing system. An answering machine...
5774173 Video-telephone answering set that stores a single picture of video message information  
A (BA) for picture and speech information. The video-telephone answering set (BA) stores only particular, essential single pictures, preferably in synchronism with the speech, in a storage means...
5760823 Video messaging arrangement  
Video and telephony messaging are integrated by a telephony multi-media messaging system (101) connected to a plurality of video workstations (103-104) by a LAN or WAN (100). The workstations are...
5751791 Network based multimedia messaging method and system  
A method and system is disclosed for handling multimedia messages when the intended recipient is unavailable. The telecommunication based method and system allows a party to leave a greeting...
5740163 Dual-mode ISDN/STN video telephony terminal  
The disclosure concerns a dual-mode ISDN/STN visiophone terminal, including at least one audio equipment and one video equipment respectively connected to an ISDN via a dual-mode ISDN/STN audio...
5724407 Network based multimedia messaging method for non-CCITT compliant switches  
A method is disclosed for messaging multimedia calls with a non-CCITT compliant switch when the intended recipient is unavailable. The method is used in connection with a telecommunication network...
5710591 Method and apparatus for recording and indexing an audio and multimedia conference  
A method and apparatus for recording and indexing audio information exchanged during an audio conference call, or video, audio and data information exchanged during a multimedia conference. For a...
5623538 Shared distribution of internal message storage facilities by a plurality of communication terminals  
Initially storing multimedia messages from an originating communication terminal to a destination communication terminal on the destination communication terminal. If the destination communication...
5550754 Teleconferencing camcorder  
A combination portable recording video camera and video-conferencing terminal is described, wherein a video camera and lens is adjustable so that it can either produce images of an operator's...
5448285 Multi-media communication apparatus  
A multi-media communication apparatus capable of communicating image and voice signals through a communication line, includes a storage unit for storing data sent from a communication apparatus of...
5412418 Pictorial communication apparatus  
A first pictorial communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving a pictorial signal and a sound signal through a first channel and a control message through a second channel, having a line...
5345258 A videophone having an automatic answering capability  
A videophone at e.g., a called location, receives sound signals, video signals and control signals through a communication circuit from a communication line and originating at, e.g., a calling...
5309434 Multi-media communication apparatus  
A multi-media communication apparatus for communicating with a communication partner by using various kinds of media including image, voice and data. The communication apparatus has a memory for...
5189691 VCR with video phone answering capability  
This invention is a dual-deck VCR including answering machine logic whereby the VCR can also be used to answer a video telephone system. The video cassette decks of the VCR are switched between and...
5046079 Telephone answering device with TV telephone  
A telephone answering device with TV telephone for receiving and displaying a picture signal sent from a calling party through a telephone line, in the intermission of ringing signals, so that a...
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