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7369153 Videoconferencing method and system for connecting a host with a plurality of participants  
An improved videoconferencing system and method are provided for connecting a host to a plurality of participants. Unlike other videoconferencing methods and systems, the videoconferencing system...
7362350 System and process for adding high frame-rate current speaker data to a low frame-rate video  
A system and process for highlighting the current speaker on an on-going basis in each frame of a low frame-rate video of an event having multiple people in attendance, such as a video...
7358985 Systems and methods for computer-assisted meeting capture  
A computer assisted meeting capture system in which camera selection, camera control and sensor notification of candidate activity event for camera image changes are integrated. The information is...
7346654 Virtual meeting rooms with spatial audio  
A system for conducting a virtual audio-visual conference between two or more users comprising two or more client stations each acting as a signal source and destination for each respective user,...
7321383 Method and apparatus for bi-directional video teleconferencing on mobile platforms  
Bidirectional video teleconferences are provided on a mobile platform. A first video teleconference terminal is disposed on a mobile platform. A first local area network is arranged to provide...
7308476 Method and system for participant automatic re-invite and updating during conferencing  
A method for conferencing may include monitoring a status of participants in a conference and recording the conference in response to at least one participant being disconnected or exiting the...
7307651 Two-way mobile video/audio/data interactive companion (MVIC) system  
A roaming videoconferencing (VTC) system incorporates a portable VTC device with client bridge wireless connectivity that couples to the closest access point (AP) assembly with FCC compliant,...
7298400 Video system for use with video telephone and video conferencing  
This invention provides a video system including an image pickup device for converting an optical image into a video signal, an image pickup direction changing device for changing the image pickup...
7280492 Videoconferencing system  
A multicasting conferencing system is described wherein permanently or temporarily assigned addressing may be used. When permanently assigned multicast addressing is used, several channel...
7277116 Method and apparatus for automatically controlling video cameras using microphones  
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling video cameras ( 15, 16 ) using microphones ( 10 ) where the space-time coordinates of a sound event are calculated by first...
7272627 System and apparatus for pre-routing network events  
A pre-routing software system for treating incoming network events according to event importance prior to agent-level routing in a communication center network is disclosed. The system includes at...
7266832 Advertisement swapping using an aggregator for an interactive television system  
An aggregator is provided in connection with advertisement swapping. The aggregator can be implemented in an interactive television system so as to perform real-time aggregation of trigger...
7256816 Systems and processes for scheduling and conducting audio/video communications  
Disclosed herein are methods of scheduling and conducting video visits, as well as computer architecture for providing such scheduling and conducting, where the participants in the visit are not...
7239338 Videophone system and method  
System and method for providing personal videotelephony in which a plurality of videophones are connected to a communications network that is configured for transmitted video and audio...
7230639 Method and apparatus for selection of signals in a teleconference  
A method and apparatus for providing appropriate output signals to output devices in a teleconference setting is disclosed. Input signals are obtained from input devices, and descriptive...
7227566 Communication apparatus and TV conference apparatus  
Provision of a communication apparatus and a TV conference apparatus able to take a picture of a speaker automatically and correctly. A sound analyzer selects a speaker correctly. A voiceprint...
7225459 Method and system for dynamically adjusting video bit rates  
A system and method for dynamically adjusting the bit rate of a data transmission. A sending endpoint transmits data, such as video conferencing data across a network to a receiving endpoint. The...
7221386 Camera for communication of streaming media to a remote client  
A Mobile Streaming Camera is operable by an Operator for communication with one of more Remote Clients through a wireless network allows compressed communication of video and audio in both...
7206255 Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method  
The invention provides a method and apparatus by which the direction in or the position at which a signal source such as a sound source is present is estimated. A signal or signals from a signal...
7200247 Image processing device and method, and distribution medium  
To make it possible to accurately track a prescribed part. a low-resolution overall image is taken in from an input image, and a medium-resolution image, whose center is the head part, is extracted...
7190388 Communication terminal and system  
A videoconference terminal comprises image restoring means having a display arranged substantially horizontally. The terminal preferably has the shape of a well seat closed at one end by the...
7177905 Method and apparatus for a conference call mediation service  
A method and apparatus for a conference call mediation service which allows for the scheduling of multi-participant conferences over the Internet is presented. A subscriber who desires to host a...
7170545 Method and apparatus for inserting variable audio delay to minimize latency in video conferencing  
A method and apparatus to insert variable audio delay during video conferencing to achieve conflicting goals of lip-sync and interactive conversation. The amount of audio delay is variable...
7164435 Videoconferencing system  
A videoconferencing system uses a stand-alone video/audio transcapture module with an H.323-compliant broadband Internet connection through a server to conduct real-time videoconferencing. The...
7158534 Unified distributed architecture for a multi-point video conference and interactive broadcast systems  
A unified architecture for a multipoint VC session and interactive broadcasting system is provided that includes a server, one or more video accessing points, reflectors and client machines. The...
7148917 Method and apparatus for indicating a location of a person with respect to a video capturing volume of a camera  
A video processing system ( 100 ) employs a method and apparatus for indicating a location of a person ( 203 ) with respect to a video capturing volume ( 201 ) of a camera ( 101 ). A location...
7133896 Providing a presentation on a network  
A presentation system is disclosed for distributing a performance of a presentation synchronously to a plurality of client nodes on a network such as the Internet. The presentation system...
7133062 Graphical user interface for video feed on videoconference terminal  
The Graphical User Interface (GUI) of a videoconference terminal is provided with user-selectable icons which are associated by the user with various video signals. Textual labels for the various...
7129970 Emergency facility video-conferencing system  
A medical video-teleconferencing and treatment system, having a central video-conferencing station and one or more remote video-conferencing stations and a communications link establishing...
7123285 Teleconferencing robot with swiveling video monitor  
A teleconferencing robot for enabling a remote conferee to project a sense of presence into a group meeting. The teleconferencing robot includes: a base; a video monitor movably mounted to the base...
7119829 Virtual conference room  
An enhanced video conferencing system and method includes at least two conference rooms, the conference rooms connected together electronically to permit the transmission of images and sound from...
7119828 System and method for establishing and controlling an on-demand teleconference by a remote computer  
A teleconference network, using multiple teleconference bridges and a data network is disclosed. A first telephone network transmits, in one or more frames, a voice transmission generated by a...
7116350 Teleconferencing method and system  
A method and system provides a face-to-face video conference. The method and apparatus comprise a conferencing system consisting of a conferencing station defining a predetermined motif, an image...
7113992 Decomposition architecture for an MCU  
The present invention allows the resources of multiple multipoint control units (MCUS) in a multipoint multimedia communication system. A plurality of multimedia terminals support different...
7113201 Image processing apparatus  
Image data from a plurality of cameras 2 - 1, 2 - 2, 2 - 3 showing the movements of a number of people, for example in a meeting, and sound data from a directional microphone array 4 is...
7106364 Camera control system  
A camera server includes a video transmitting part for transmitting a video signal of a video camera to each of a plurality of camera clients in response to their request to acquire the control...
7092002 Systems and method for enhancing teleconferencing collaboration  
An advanced video teleconferencing (AVTC) system uniquely combines a number of features to promote a realistic “same room” experience for meeting participants. These features include an...
7092001 Video conferencing system with physical cues  
A video-conferencing system is described that provides physical cues regarding remote participants. Each remote participant is physically represented at a video conference by a robotic unit that...
7081915 Control of video conferencing using activity detection  
A video conferencing system employs a plurality of video conferencing stations, each of which includes a voice activity detector. When the images of remote conferees are displayed on a video...
7075924 Methods for multiple media digital communication  
Methods for media communication in a digital communication system. In one embodiment, the media comprises a plurality of media types (including for example audio, video, and/or data packets), and...
7068299 System and method for graphically configuring a video call  
A method and system for visual configuration of a video call represents video devices as graphical icons presented through a user interface. A directed graph relates the graphical icons to...
7057636 Conferencing system and method for the automatic determination of preset positions corresponding to participants in video-mediated communications  
A video conferencing system and method which automatically determines the appropriate preset camera parameters corresponding to participants participating in the video conference. A camera zooms...
7057635 High-speed RF link for a multi-user meeting  
A high-speed RF link connects multiple users with individual data appliances to a projection system in a multi-user meeting. The RF link enables high-speed transmission of graphics data in either...
7053924 Television conference system, terminal for the system, connection control method, and connection control program  
Participant terminals which are to be connected to a promoter terminal are configured by speaker terminals which are enabled to perform two-way communication with the promoter terminal, and...
7050425 Apparatus for multiple media digital communication  
Apparatus for media communication in a communication system. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises: a processor; and a routine running on the processor for negotiating with the remote...
7048386 Interactive audio-visual system  
The invention concerns an interactive audio-visual system between a local scene and a remote scene, comprising at least a device ( 1 ) for producing images of the local scene and a device ( 2 ) for...
7035899 Method and system for remote conferencing via launching a web-based presentation sharing application based on code associated with the presentation sharing control  
A system may include a user device to transmit a Web page request a server to transmit a Web page to the user device in response to the request, and a remote video source to receive a request for...
7035890 Apparatus for multiplying and accumulating numeric quantities  
An apparatus for multiplying and accumulating numeric quantities, including a multiplier for receiving the numeric quantities, with the multiplier having a sum output and a carry output. A first...
7035418 Method and apparatus for determining sound source  
Provided in accordance with the invention are a sound source identifying apparatus and method whereby objects as sound sources can be determined as to their locations with higher accuracy by using...
7015953 Multi-user camera control system and method  
A multi-user camera control system with automatic tracking capability for use in video conferencing and similar applications includes a plurality of personal controllers, one for each person...