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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050041603 | Supporting enhanced media communications A method for supporting communications includes establishing a packet-based audio communication link with a remote device and informing a local computing device of the audio communication link. A message requesting identification of enhanced media capabilities associate... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050031109 | Group communication system A method and apparatus for establishing connections among members of telecommunications connections among members of a group of users. The group is identified in a setup request and a database is used to translate between the identity of the group and the identity of th... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050025074 | Automatic call routing The present invention relates generally to conferencing network systems, and more specifically to a method and a device for establishing a route between a first and a second conference network device in a conference network. ... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050027800 | Agenda-driven meetings An Agenda-Driven Meeting (ADM) allows a distributed set of users to have an online, not necessarily synchronous meeting including an agenda which specifies both the topics or goals of the meeting's phases, as well as the interrelationship between the phases, including t... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050025073 | Efficient buffer allocation for current and predicted active speakers in voice conferencing systems A method and computer program product allows for the efficient allocation of buffers (e.g., first-in first-out (FIFO) queues) for current and predicted active speakers in voice conferencing systems. The method and computer program product, implemented by a server hostin... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050021624 | Networked chat and media sharing systems and methods Methods and systems are provided for sharing images and chat text over a network. A determination is made as to whether a first user of a first terminal has changed focus from a first image to a second image during a chat session conducted with a second user of a second... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050018622 | Method for forwarding and storing session packets according to preset and /or dynamic rules A system and method for recording and/or monitoring data by forwarding it, with or without analyzing or otherwise filtering the data itself. According to preferred embodiments of the present invention, the system and method are operative over IP networks. According to a... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050007965 | Conferencing system A conferencing system that enables communication between at least two portals on a network. An audiovisual feature enables users at portals simultaneously see and hear each other from their respective portals. A remote control feature enables the portals to share, displ... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050008024 | Gateway and method A telecommunications system. The system includes a first network. The system includes a first node having audio and video streams of the first network. The system includes a second network. The system includes a second node having audio and video streams of the second n... | 01/13/2005 |