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8179421 |
Image synthesizing device and method and computer readable medium
There is provided with an image synthesizing device, including: a connection unit configured to connect to another image synthesizing device; a layout storage configured to store the image layout...
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8179422 |
System and method for video conferencing
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes two modules. A first module receives a request from a first endpoint to subscribe to a voice activated multicast group and causes the first endpoint to...
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8179419 |
Video conferencing apparatus and method
A video conferencing system having video and/or audio capture device for video and audio communications is disclosed. The video and audio capture device may include one or more switches for...
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8179420 |
Minimal decoding method for spatially multiplexing digital video pictures
Multiple video picture frames are combined into a spatial multiplex video picture frame that may be fully decoded and displayed. The video display of the spatial multiplex video picture frame is a...
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8174558 |
Automatically calibrating a video conference system
A method of automatically calibrating a video conference environment is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes initiating a calibration sequence in the video conferencing system, routing...
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8174556 |
Videoconferencing arrangement having multi-purpose digital still camera
A videoconferencing system uses a modular terminal that includes a conventional digital still camera coupled to the input port of the videocommunicator, such as a set top box. There are various...
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8174559 |
Videoconferencing systems with recognition ability
A videoconferencing system which encodes different streams of information. The information may include video, audio, speech recognized versions of the audio, and language translated versions of the...
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8175244 |
Method and system for tele-conferencing with simultaneous interpretation and automatic floor control
A system and method for conducting a conference between a plurality of geographically-dispersed participants, with simultaneous interpretation in a plurality of languages, wherein the method...
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8169463 |
Method and system for automatic camera control
A method for automatically determining an orientation and zoom of an image pickup device associated with a video conferencing system, wherein the method includes the steps of: generating, at the...
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8169462 |
Mobile communication device capable of storing video chatting log and operating method thereof
A mobile communication device including a radio communication unit configured to establish a video telephony call between a first user of the mobile communication device and at least a second user...
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8169464 |
Hardware architecture for video conferencing
Video processing architectures, systems, and methods for a multipoint control unit are provided. In one example, a video processing system includes a motherboard and at least one daughterboard,...
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8164615 |
Personalized conference bridge
The present invention allows a user to customize her personal conference bridge such that conference participants who connect to the bridge are provided conference information selected by the user....
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8164618 |
Implementation of MPCP MCU technology for the H.264 video standard
A method for generating a video output signal. The method may include receiving a plurality of input video signals from each of the participants. Each of the input video signals may have a...
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8164616 |
Video conference system
A videoconference system includes a head office controller (2) and a plurality of local controllers (3A, 3B) which are connected to a conference server (1) by the Internet and a camera-equipped...
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8164617 |
Combining views of a plurality of cameras for a video conferencing endpoint with a display wall
A telepresence apparatus, a method of operating a telepresence apparatus, and a tangible computer readable storage medium in a telepresence apparatus that is configured with instructions that when...
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8159521 |
Systems and methods for enhancing teleconferencing collaboration
An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a...
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8159519 |
Personal controls for personal video communications
Video communication systems and methods for operating the same are provided with the method determining privacy settings for a video communication event; establishing a video communication link...
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8154582 |
Display device with capture capabilities
An image capture and display device is described. The device includes a liquid crystal display panel, which can switch between two states, a display state and the capture state. Wherein at least a...
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8154578 |
Multi-camera residential communication system
Video communication devices and methods are provided. The device has an image display device; a first image capture device that acquires video images depicting a wide field of view within the local...
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8155650 |
Method and system for selective buffering
A method for selective buffering includes establishing a first connection with a mobile endpoint. The first connection provides for an exchange of data with the mobile endpoint via a first point of...
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8154580 |
System and method for facilitating user communication from a location
A system and method for facilitating user communication from a location. The system comprises two or more cameras for capturing two or more videos at a first location, a control unit for streaming...
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8149263 |
Distributed scheduling, call control, and resource management for dispersed dynamic video communications networks
Method, system, and computer program product example embodiments of the invention are disclosed to manage multiple network zones interconnected over a wide area network for video conferencing. In...
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8149262 |
Network management server for managing multiple operating modes of a conferencing network with different sets of policies
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed to manage multiple operating modes in a video conferencing network under which different sets of policies can operate. The system is a...
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8149739 |
Background call validation
A management system may test network paths prior to scheduled calls. Testing network paths may include one endpoint placing a test call to an endpoint on the other end of the path. Various...
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8150052 |
Integrating acoustic echo cancellation as a subsystem into an existing videoconference and telepresence system
The present invention is embodied in a computer-readable program in a computer-readable medium for upgrading a video conference system, the computer-readable program comprising acoustic echo...
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8149260 |
Methods and systems for producing seamless composite images without requiring overlap of source images
A method for color blending seamless composite images without requiring overlap of source images is disclosed. A plurality of source images is acquired from a plurality of imagers and is combined...
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8144182 |
Real time video communications system
Novel tools and techniques for providing video calling solutions. In some such solutions, a video calling device resides functionally inline between a set-top box and a television set. Such...
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8144854 |
Conference bridge which detects control information embedded in audio information to prioritize operations
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for improved audio, video, and data conferencing. The present invention provides a conferencing system comprising a plurality of endpoints...
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8144185 |
Communication control method, computer system, conference management server, communication method and portable terminal
A computer system has a presence server having a presence management unit that carries out a processing associated with presence data; and a conference management server that carries out a control...
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8144633 |
Method and system for controlling audio in a collaboration environment
A method and system for designating an aural position of an audio stream in a collaboration environment. A plurality of icons corresponding to participants are displayed in a user interface. A...
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8144181 |
Ad hoc telepresence manager
In one embodiment, a method for managing ad hoc telepresence sessions is described. The method includes sensing a presence of a user in an ad hoc telepresence zone. The method also includes...
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8139511 |
Method and system for transmitting an address into an electronic form for a participant of a communication link
A method and a system for transferring a PIM-address in an electronic formula of a PIM-application, based on a communication connection between end devices of subscribers in a communication system...
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8139099 |
Generating representative still images from a video recording
Computer-readable media having corresponding apparatus and methods embodies instructions executable by a computer to perform a method comprising: receiving a recording, wherein the recording...
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8139101 |
Pre-processing of video data
A method including: obtaining, with the video processing apparatus, video frames, the video frames including macroblocks; comparing, with a video processing apparatus, a current macroblock in a...
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8139100 |
Virtual multiway scaler compensation
In various embodiments, a multipoint control unit (MCU) may arrange incoming video images into a composite video image and define their respective coordinate information including the size of the...
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8134588 |
Secure video teleconferencing room control isolator
Method, system, and computer program product example embodiments of the invention are disclosed to provide a secure room control isolator for a multi-network secure video teleconferencing room that...
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8131828 |
Selectively joining clients to meeting servers
In an embodiment, a hosted-on-premises meeting exchange server operates seamlessly with web meeting servers. For example, one computer-implemented method comprises receiving a request from a client...
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8130256 |
Telepresence conference room layout, dynamic scenario manager, diagnostics and control system and method
A method, system and apparatus for conducing an audio-visual telepresence conference among a number of conference rooms distributed over various locations includes determining a priority of each...
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8125511 |
Three-party video conference system and method
The invention provides a three-party video conference system and method. The three-party video conference system, according to the invention, uses a second terminal apparatus, which can transmit...
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8125509 |
Facial recognition for a videoconference
A facial recognition algorithm may be performed in order to identify a participant at a first endpoint in a videoconference. Participant information for the participant may be displayed together...
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8125508 |
Sharing participant information in a videoconference
A method for displaying information in a videoconference is disclosed. Video information from a first endpoint of the videoconference may be received. The video information may include an image of...
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8125510 |
Remote workspace sharing
Existing remote workspace sharing systems are difficult to use. For example, changes made on a common work product by one user often appear abruptly on displays viewed by remote users. As a result...
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8120639 |
High-definition video conference system and method
The invention provides a high-definition video conference system and method. The high-definition video conference system, according to the invention, uses an encoding module for compressing a...
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8120638 |
Speech to text conversion in a videoconference
Various embodiments of a method for automatically converting audio speech in a videoconference into text information are described. According to one embodiment of the method, a videoconferencing...
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8120637 |
Virtual theater system for the home
In one embodiment, a system includes a mixer that creates customized mixed audio streams by synchronously mix audience reaction data packets received from a plurality of virtual theater nodes with...
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8115799 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining acoustic source location information and a multimedia communication system
A method and an apparatus for obtaining the acoustic source location information and a multimedia communication system are provided. In the method, the acoustic source location information...
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8115800 |
Server apparatus and video delivery method
An example server apparatus includes a video stream receiver configured to receive a first video stream encoded by a first coding scheme from a video providing apparatus via a network and a video...
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8111281 |
Methods and terminals that control avatars during videoconferencing and other communications
Methods and associated wireless communication terminals are disclosed that control the display of avatars on communication terminals. A person's portrait characteristics are identified in a video...
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8112071 |
System and method for connecting to an audio conference service using a mobile communications device
A mobile communications device for connecting to a conference call hosted by an audio conference service. After receiving a meeting invitation and storing information relating thereto, the mobile...
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8111326 |
Post-capture generation of synchronization points for audio to synchronize video portions captured at multiple cameras
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computing devices and systems, software, computer programs, applications, and user interfaces, and more particularly, to synchronizing portions of...
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