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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120081506 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING METADATA DURING A VIDEOCONFERENCE A method for presenting metadata during a video conference includes receiving a first video conferencing stream from a first site. Metadata associated with the first video conferencing stream is identified. A second video conferencing stream incorporating the identified... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081507 | VIDEO MEDIA SERVER FOR REALIZING VIDEO INTERCOMMUNICATION GATEWAY FUNCTION AND VIDEO INTERCOMMUNICATION METHOD A certain embodiment of the invention provides a video media server (10) for implementing a video intercommunication gateway function and a video intercommunication method, the video media server (10) including: a video access control system module (11<... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120050456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PERFORMANCE VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a first audio signal and a first video signal from a first network element. The method also includes adding a second audio signal to the first audio signal to generate a combined audio signal, where a second vid... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120019611 | NETWORK VIDEOCONFERENCE EQUIPMENT AND ITS METHOD OF PROCEEDING NETWORK VIDEOCONFERENCE A network videoconference equipment and its method of proceeding network videoconference are provided. The method implemented on a first terminal machine of a network videoconference system includes steps as follows. Directly connecting with a second terminal machine of... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120007945 | Self-adaptive Adjustment Method of Video Call Service and Video Mobile Terminal A self-adaptive adjustment method of video call service and a video mobile terminal are disclosed in the present invention, wherein the method includes: the video mobile terminal receiving parameter information representing the channel capacity of a cell to which the vi... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110292165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALABLE MEDIA SWITCHING CONFERENCING A method including: establishing connections, at a server, to at least two client devices using a call control protocol, the call control protocol negotiating video formats and connection information for sending and receiving media streams; receiving information from a ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110279640 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Embodiments relate to a display apparatus that can perform video communication and a method of controlling the display apparatus. The display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a camera for acquiring video data and outputting the video data at a predetermine... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110267421 | Method and Apparatus for Two-Way Multimedia Communications A communication device comprises a two-way video system for transmitting video data from a first location to a second location, and displaying at the first location video data received from the second location. The device also comprises two microphones for generating tw... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110249086 | Image Processing for a Dual Camera Mobile Device Some embodiments provide a method of processing images for a first camera and a second camera of a mobile device using a shared pipeline. A method receives a first set of images captured by the first camera of the mobile device. The method processes the first set of ima... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110228041 | 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 communications. Each of the videophones typically includes a camera, display device, ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110187813 | Method of Connecting Mesh-Topology Video Sessions to a Standard Video Conference Mixer A multimedia conferencing system, includes a multipoint control unit for distributing audio and video among a first set of n endpoints, where n≧1, arranged in a star configuration, wherein bidirectional audio and video channels are established between said mult... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110175977 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF A VIDEO CONFERENCING DEVICE A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium for remotely controlling a video conferencing device registered with a video conferencing management server. The method includes establishing a connection to the video conferencing management server via a local acce... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110149011 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME CONVERSATIONAL TELE-EDUCATION SERVICE BASED ON VIDEO CONFERENCING SERVICE A system and method for a tele-education service system based on video conferencing are provided. The tele-education service system includes a host terminal to manage a tele-education service system; at least one participating terminal to receive the tele-education serv... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110149014 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PRIVACY PROTECTION METHOD A communication device and a privacy protection method receives an incoming call from a remote communication device, and transmits a preset substitute image to the remote communication device if a user of the communication device declining to share live video images wit... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110115877 | METHOD FOR USER AUTHENTICATION, AND VIDEO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for user authentication. According to an embodiment, the invention provides a method for user authentication in a video communication apparatus, the video communication apparatus including a user authentication uni... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115878 | ORAL AND VIDEO PROCEEDINGS COLLECTION AND TRANSCRIPTION DEVICE A system that enables remote participation in a live proceeding includes a first computer configured to transmit and receive audio and video data with a second computer through a network. An audio mixer is configured to combine a first audio signal received from a micro... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110085020 | Videophone System and Telephone Communication Apparatus In this videophone system, a second control portion of a second telephone communication apparatus is formed to transmit an image corresponding to an image request signal to a first telephone communication apparatus after a phone call to the first telephone communication... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110080460 | Open propagation service platform using video call and service method thereof An open propagation service platform using a video call and a service method thereof are described. The open propagation service platform includes an information service providing side, a service platform, and a video call service network. The information service provid... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110069143 | Communications Prior To A Scheduled Event An event management system is configured to provide a communications pathway between persons associated with a scheduled event prior to initiating the scheduled event.... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110069142 | MAPPING PSYCHO-VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS IN MEASURING SHARPNESS FEATURE AND BLURRING ARTIFACTS IN VIDEO STREAMS A block-based, no-reference sharpness metric is provided taking advantage of Human Visual System (HVS) characteristics. Texture and smooth region blocks are excluded in computing the metric since sharpness is perceived mostly around edges. Overall sharpness metric is co... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110063406 | System and method for cascaded teleconferencing A system and method for forming a cascaded teleconference between digital telephony devices is disclosed. The method comprises selecting a plurality of digital telephony devices for a teleconference. Each digital telephony device includes a microphone, a speaker, an inp... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110063408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING AN IMAGE OVER A NETWORK WITH SPATIAL SCALEABILITY Visual information over a network by filtering a full resolution image signal to produce a series of sub-bands, wherein at least one of the sub-bands constitutes a base sub-band representing an image of reduced resolution and wherein additional sub-bands carry higher re... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110032324 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE TELEPRESENCE Exemplary methods and systems relate to telepresence at mobile devices. Aspects comprise dynamic configuration of video provided from a server that intermediates between a mobile device and a telepresence system during a telepresence session. The server receives high de... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110018961 | VIDEO CALL DEVICE AND METHOD Provided are a video call device and method. The video call device performs a video call by exchanging images with another video call device in real time. The video call device includes: an image obtaining unit obtaining an original image in real time; an image processi... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100333004 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING A COMPOSITE VIDEO SIGNAL A method for modifying a composite video signal generated by a video composing server, the composite video signal including a plurality of spatially mixed video conference streams. The method includes displaying, on a touch screen, a graphical representation of the comp... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100321469 | Video Processing in a Multi-Participant Video Conference Some embodiments provide an architecture for establishing multi-participant video conferences. This architecture has a central distributor that receives video images from two or more participants. From the received images, the central distributor generates composite ima... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100315485 | Method and apparatus for controlling output level of voice signal during video telephony A method and apparatus controls an output level of a voice signal for video telephony by considering the distance between a user and a terminal and surrounding noises. An input image signal and an input voice signal of the user to be used for the video telephony are rec... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315484 | IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE DOMINANT SPEAKER VIDEO STREAMS WITH MANUAL OVERRIDE In a video conference system capable of providing multiple video streams, displayed streams for participants are configured based on automatic selection by the system (such as active speaker) and manual override by the participants. The displayed views are further enhan... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100289868 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF A processing method of an image processing system, which is applied with at least one real-time messaging video communication system of an electronic device and contains a start module, a process detecting module and an image processing module, includes the steps of: in... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100245538 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING AN INDICATION OF PRESENCE The method of transmitting an indication of presence of a subject comprises the steps of detecting the presence of a subject in a first geographical area, transmitting an indication of presence of the subject to a remote system if the subject is present in the first geo... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100201780 | UTILIZING IMAGE SEQUENCES TO PERFORM VIDEO STREAMING DURING VIDEO CONFERENCING A communication device is operable to construct one or more image sequences that correspond to voice information, where the image sequences simulate video streaming via the communication device. The image sequences are synchronized with the voice information during acti... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100194848 | MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND TERMINAL At one of the timings: during a period between the moment when one of terminals which performs transmission calls out a communication partner and the moment of response and at the timing after the communication between the terminals is complete; content data is read out... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100165073 | Projector, Terminal, Conferencing System, Tree Structure Switching Method and Recording Medium A conferencing system, which can prevent useless data processing that accompanies data communication from occurring even when a presenter's device that outputs image data is switched, is provided. A projector can function as a node in a tre... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100149309 | VIDEO CONFERENCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A COMMUNICATION SESSION A method of setting up communication sessions in a telepresence call including a multiple point-to-point connections between at least two telepresence systems, wherein the information required for setting up the communication sessions is embedded in a control protocol m... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149307 | Extended Presence for Video Conferencing Systems Systems and methods of providing extended presence information for multi-user devices are described. Communication devices used in conference rooms represent a different nature than single user devices such as a personal computer. Conference rooms also have attributes t... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100085420 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD An image processing apparatus obtains a difference between a partial region of an input image and a partial region of a background image, stored in a storage device, corresponding to the partial region of the input image, determines whether each partial region of the in... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100060716 | Peripheral device for communication over a communications system A method and corresponding system for communicating over a network using a first device and a peripheral device, wherein the first device comprises a user interface and a network interface for connecting to the network, and the peripheral device has a local connection t... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20090322855 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD A communication apparatus includes a display unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays video data. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus. The control unit controls the communication apparatus in accordance with a ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090284581 | DELAY REDUCTION FOR TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING OF VIDEO DATA The present invention is a method and system for reducing delay in video communication, including, for example, video transcoding and continuous presence in a multipoint multimedia conference. The video communication control unit reduces such delay by processing a video... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090237489 | DYNAMIC IMAGE DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF In a network system (1), in response to a user's operation on a video telephone (32) having no browser function, WEB data described in HTML is supplied from a WEB server (26) to a WEB browse server (4) by HTTP. The supplied WEB data is conver... | 09/24/2009 |
