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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184142 | Method and system for composing video images from a plurality of endpoints The present application discloses a method and apparatus for a multipoint video conferencing system that can offer a wide variety of layouts and the ability to support a large number of conferees. A received stream of NALs from a plurality of endpoints can be proces... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170200 | Method and apparatus for percussive noise reduction in a conference A conferencing unit reduces or eliminates percussive noise in audio that it outputs to a far-end. The unit filters near-end audio into a plurality of bands and calculates instantaneous energies for each band. The energies in first and second ranges of the bands are ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170191 | Method and system for handling audio signals of conference A new system and method particularly useful in handling the audio of a “large” conference is disclosed. The system and method initially defines certain conferees as panel members, which can provide audio to and receive audio from the conference, and audience mem... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8144186 | Appearance matching for videoconferencing Methods and systems for presenting video images generated by multiple endpoints in a videoconference such that the displayed images have consistent appearance, for example consistent brightness levels are disclosed. Sampling methods and algorithms are used to calcul... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8130977 | Cluster of first-order microphones and method of operation for stereo input of videoconferencing system An arbitrarily positioned cluster of three microphones can be used for stereo input of a videoconferencing system. To produce stereo input, right and left weightings for signal inputs from each of the microphones are determined. The right and left weightings corresp... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126968 | System and method for coordinating a conference using a dedicated server A system and method are described for initiating and conducting a data conference between a plurality of conference endpoints linked in communication by a private or public computer network. A first conference endpoint then sends a conference initialization request ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8111820 | Audio conference platform with dynamic speech detection threshold The present invention comprises a method for audio/video conferencing. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises using a dynamic threshold value to determine whether there is speech on a line. One aspect, the method comprises determining a dynamic threshold va... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8077194 | System and method for high resolution videoconferencing A system and method for high resolution video conferencing is shown and described. A transmitting station and a receiving station including video cameras or sensors, a plurality of microphones and speakers, video, audio and communication processing engines are discl... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8064527 | Error concealment in a video decoder The error concealment technique disclosed herein relates to the use of existing information by the decoder to conceal bitstream errors regardless of what the encoder does. Examples of existing information include, for example, the previous reference frame, macrobloc... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064514 | System and method for dynamically adjusting bandwidth between multiple video streams of videoconference A videoconferencing unit includes first and second encoder that each encodes a video stream of frames and generates variables indicating changes between frames of the video streams. The unit also includes a controller operatively coupled to the first and second enco... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8035679 | Method for creating a videoconferencing displayed image The present disclosure provides methods and systems of multipoint videoconferencing wherein layout description information is used to create videoconferencing displayed images of a composite video of one or more video images and one or more accessory elements. The l... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8023458 | Method and apparatus for wideband conferencing A method and apparatus for wideband voice and optional data conferencing over a telecommunications network channel between at least two wideband communications devices. An exemplary method comprises establishing an audio link, verifying wideband capability between t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018481 | Conferencing system and method for exchanging site names (caller ID) in languages based on double or multiple byte character sets Disclosed herein is a system and method for storing and transmitting a videoconference system name (identifier) in the languages of double byte character sets. Although described in terms of a videoconferencing system, the techniques described herein have applicabil... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8004556 | Conference link between a speakerphone and a video conference unit A conference link between devices in teleconference system at one site is disclosed. The linked devices include video conference units, speakerphones or stand-alone loudspeakers. Audio data can be transmitted through the conference link between devices. Audio data p... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000319 | Multipoint multimedia/audio conference using IP trunking A multipoint communication system uses Internet protocol trunking to facilitate communication between media control units (for sending and receiving multipoint communication signals between end-point devices), a media gateway (for translating between non-Internet pr... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7978838 | Conference endpoint instructing conference bridge to mute participants 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 communicating data including audio data and control data according to a comm... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975073 | Middleware server for interfacing communications, multimedia, and management systems Disclosed herein is a middleware server for interfacing a Multipoint Conferencing Unit (MCU) with a communication system and/or a management system within the context of an organization. The middleware server uses modular architecture, making the middleware server h... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969461 | System and method for exchanging connection information for videoconferencing units using instant messaging A videoconferencing system includes a first videoconferencing unit coupled to a network and associated with a first instant messaging identity. The first videoconferencing unit obtains a second instant messaging identity and automatically sends a request instant mes... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966175 | Fast lattice vector quantization Methods, devices, and systems for coding and decoding audio are disclosed. Digital samples of an audio signal are transformed from the time domain to the frequency domain. The resulting transform coefficients are coded with a fast lattice vector quantizer. The quant... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953595 | Dual-transform coding of audio signals Methods, devices, and systems for coding and decoding audio are disclosed. At least two transforms are applied on an audio signal, each with different transform periods for better resolutions at both low and high frequencies. The transform coefficients are selected ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7940923 | Speakerphone with a novel loudspeaker placement A new speakerphone wherein a loudspeaker is oriented to face the listeners of an audio conference is disclosed. New speakerphones which have a bass loudspeaker and at least one tweeter loudspeaker wherein the tweeter loudspeaker is oriented towards listeners of an a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929011 | Method and system for handling video signals of conference A system and method particularly useful in handling the video of a “large” conference is disclosed. The system and method initially defines certain conferees as panel members, which can provide input video signals to the multipoint control unit and can receive o... | 04/19/2011 |
| D635955 | Speakerphone | 04/12/2011 |
| 7903828 | Remote multipoint architecture for full-duplex audio A method, microphone module and a system for full-duplex audio system implementing full duplex audio, audio echo cancellation and audio codec. The audio signals from the microphones and to the loudspeakers are encoded to reduce the transmission bandwidth requirement... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903588 | System and method for dynamically establishing optimum audio quality in an audio conference A system and method for dynamically establishing optimum audio quality in an audio conference is disclosed. A connection with one or more remote communication devices is initially established. An available data rate associated with the connection is then determined.... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899201 | Speaker with acoustic damped port Systems, methods, and devices for improving speaker performance with an acoustic damped port are disclosed. In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, a damping material is placed around a vented frame of a speaker driver, and substantially cov... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898941 | Method and system for assigning a plurality of MACs to a plurality of processors A bank of processing units is connected to a number of LANs via a bank of MAC controllers. An interconnect switch allows any of the processing units to access any of the MAC controllers. A housekeeping processor periodically detects faults in the connectivity of the... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884844 | System for conducting videoconferencing session over television network A videoconferencing system includes a camera, a microphone, and an interface module. The module is coupled a modem connected to a television network and is coupled to a television set and a set-top box. The module decodes encoded audio video signals received from th... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884843 | Method and apparatus for mixing compressed video Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for mixing compressed video useable in a videoconferencing environment having a plurality of endpoint users. Through the use of the method and apparatus, each endpoint can receive a unique layout displaying some subset of t... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7876685 | System and method for lost packet recovery with congestion avoidance Devices and techniques for overcoming lost packets and avoiding congestion when conducting media conferences over packet switched networks are described herein. To avoid the problem of lost packets, redundant information is inserted into the media stream that permit... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873175 | Multiplexed microphone signals with multiple signal processing paths A multiplexed microphone signal with multiple signal processing paths is disclosed. Each signal processing path has it own priority and other characteristics. A signal path is selected based on the application of the processed signal. Similar processes within differ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7864938 | Speakerphone transmitting URL information to a remote device 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 communicating data including audio data and control data according to a comm... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864251 | System and method for decreasing end-to-end delay during video conferencing session A method for decreasing end-to-end delay in a video conferencing context is disclosed. At video conferencing system startup, a processor is initialized to receive either a top field or a bottom field of video frame data. If the first line of a new field arriving aft... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7830824 | System and method for providing reservationless third party meeting rooms A video and/or audio conferencing system having virtual meeting room services is disclosed. The virtual meeting room services enables a third party to control and manage one or more virtual meeting rooms. Each third party organization may receive one or more dial in... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7821918 | System and method for communication channel and device control via an existing audio channel A system and method for communication channel and device control via an existing audio channel. A combined communication signal is received from a communication device comprising an audio signal and a modulated carrier signal via an audio channel. The audio signal i... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818772 | System and method for improving the quality of video communication over a packet-based network A system and method for improving quality of video communication includes a packets generator logical unit (PGU) coupled to a video source for receiving a compressed video stream and generating primary and secondary data chunks for transmittal to one or more destina... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813744 | Method for determining DFS channel availability in a wireless LAN A LAN has a wireless portion which includes access points and wireless communications devices and a wired portion which includes such things as routers, servers, and a PBX. The LAN operates in a radio frequency band where certain channels (DFS channels) are shared w... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7800642 | Method and system for providing continuous presence video in a cascading conference Disclosed herein are methods and systems for providing continuous presence video layout in a cascading video conference, i.e., a video conference that is conducted over more than one MCU. A cascading continuous presence composition controller (CCCC) selects which en... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796565 | Mixed voice and spread spectrum data signaling with multiplexing multiple users with CDMA Systems, methods, and devices for mixed voice and spread spectrum data signaling with spread spectrum data hiding with CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) for three or more users. The disclosed systems, methods, and devices may be implemented in audio conferencing ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7787605 | Conference bridge which decodes and responds to control information embedded in audio information 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 communicating data including audio data and control data according to a comm... | 08/31/2010 |
