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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8446451 | Method and system for providing continuous presence video in a cascading conference Disclosed herein are methods and systems for providing continuous presence video stream 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... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8446450 | Method of lighting In one embodiment, a method of lighting is disclosed which includes apportioning a video display screen into a content portion and at least one light portion. The content portion displays video content and the light portion provides auxiliary lighting when energized... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8446449 | Restaurant videoconferencing system and method The invention is a system and a method which combines restaurant services with video-conferencing and multi-media access for diverse customer appeal. The system and method employ a number of booths in a number of restaurants whereby each booth can video-conference w... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8432430 | Apparatus and method for operating plural cameras embedded in mobile device A mobile device includes an apparatus for operating two or more cameras embedded in a mobile device. When one of the cameras is enabled, the apparatus controls the flow of signals by preventing a signal in connection with the enabled camera from flowing toward other... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8432429 | Multimedia effect processing device for videophone and related method The present invention discloses a videophone for displaying a first multimedia data, wherein the videophone communicates with a remote videophone. The videophone includes a database, a processing unit and an output unit. The database stores a plurality of multimedia... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8421839 | 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 connecti... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8416274 | System and apparatus for voice/video communication and method thereof A voice/video communication system is disclosed. The system includes a caller having a first PSTN subsystem and a first data subsystem, and a callee, wherein the first data subsystem encodes the caller's public IP address/port into a first key sequence and triggers ... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416273 | Integration of home entertainment devices with a software client for telephony A communication system including a communication network, an entertainment device connected to the communication network, and an application server connected to the communication network. The entertainment device has a software client adapted to provide real time tw... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8411126 | Methods and systems for close proximity spatial audio rendering Disclosed herein are multimedia-conferencing systems and methods enabling local participants to hear remote participants from the direction the remote participants are rendered on a display. In one aspect, a method includes a computing device receives a remote parti... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8395650 | System and method for displaying a videoconference According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for displaying a videoconference includes receiving a first video feed. The first video feed includes a first plurality of video signals, each video signal from at least one source and originating from o... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8395649 | Projector, terminal, conferencing system, tree structure switching method and recording medium A conferencing system prevents useless data processing that accompanies data communication from occurring even when a presenter's device that outputs image data is switched. A projector functions as a node in a tree structural network, and projects an image correspo... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8390665 | Apparatus, system and method for video call Provided are an apparatus, system and method for facilitating a video call between a first caller and a second caller, the apparatus including: an image sensor which captures an image of the first caller; a display which displays an image of the second caller; a mic... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8390663 | Updating a local view A method including creating a local view for a local endpoint, where the local view is created from a local topology for the local endpoint, where the local topology is created from a central topology, scanning for a request to change the local view for the local en... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8390664 | Hand-held electrical communication device and image processing method thereof A hand-held electrical communication device including an image sensing unit, a mobile TV receiver, an image signal processing unit, a display unit and a baseband processing unit is provided. The image sensing unit generates an original image frame. The mobile TV rec... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8384754 | Method and system of providing lighting for videoconferencing An approach provides lighting for a videoconferencing system to improve an image of a user of the videoconferencing system. Light is emitted onto the user of a videoconferencing system, and is controlled onto the user in conjunction with capturing of the image of th... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8384753 | Managing multiple data sources Devices for managing multiple data sources or networks are described herein. One such device may include a data source input module configured to input a plurality of signals, which may include video signals, from multiple local data sources. The device may further ... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8379072 | Apparatus and method for realtime remote interpretation The most preferred embodiments of the present invention are configured to allow a foreign language interpreter to remotely monitor, control, and interpret various legal proceedings for one or more remote locations, such as courtrooms. The interpreter will use a comp... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8373739 | Systems and methods for remotely communicating with a patient A system and methods to permit a health care provider and a patient to remotely communicate information corresponding to the patient's medical condition with each other, both visually and audibly, via communication link in real time. The system may comprise a first ... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8363084 | Method and system for correlating content with linear media A method and system for correlating content with linear media. More particularly, but not exclusively, the method and system correlate synchronous content with linear media by linking the content to a portion of the linear media, and including creating content relat... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8363085 | Scene background blurring including determining a depth map Different distances of two or more objects in a scene being captured in a video conference are determined using an auto-focus sweep of the scene. A depth map of the scene is generated based on the auto-focus sweep. At least one of the objects is identified as a fore... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8355039 | Scene background blurring including range measurement Different distances of two or more objects in a scene being captured in a video conference are determined by determining a sharpest of two or more color channels and calculating distances based on the determining of the sharpest of the two or more color channels. At... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8355038 | Systems for capturing images through a display Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a visual-collaborative system enabling geographically distributed groups to engage in face-to-face, interactive collaborative video conferences. In one aspect, a visual-collaborative system (400) comprises ... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8350886 | Vehicle-mounted video communication system and vehicle-mounted image pickup system A vehicle-mounted video communication system is equipped with first to fourth image pickup devices, mounted on a vehicle, for transmitting video data obtained by picking up an image; first to fourth video processing devices for processing the video data; and a vehic... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8350885 | Mobile terminal for receiving digital broadcasting and method for the same A mobile terminal for receiving digital broadcasting is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a battery capacity detector, a digital broadcasting receiving unit, a power consumption amount database, and a controller. The battery capacity detector detects a current... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8350887 | System and method of message notification and access via a video distribution network A method includes receiving, via an internet protocol television network, a broadcast signal comprising video content at a device. The device is associated with a person. The method includes receiving, via the internet protocol television network, a message notifica... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8345079 | Camera service port and remote camera system A camera service port has an automatic termination for connecting to a near-side monitor. The camera service includes an audio jack and a phone jack. The audio jack includes first and second terminals for receiving signals from a camera and connecting to the near-si... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8340499 | Recording control apparatus and control method for the same To select a recording device for recording a program in a digital television receiver to which a plurality of recorders (recording devices) are connected, control is performed to acquire image quality information about the program to be recorded and to compare the p... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8339438 | Web based access to video associated with calls In a communication environment where a voice bearer is established between a multimedia terminal of a first user and a voice terminal of a second user to allow voice communications between the first and second users, the present invention allows the second user to g... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8339437 | Video communication method, video communication system and integrated media resource server The present invention discloses a video communication method and system, wherein, during an audio conversation between a calling party and a called party, an IMRS (Integrated Media Resource Server) plays a video to the calling party or the called party; or when a ca... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8330787 | Capture device movement compensation for speaker indexing Embodiments of the invention compensate for the movement of a meeting capture device during a live meeting when performing speaker indexing of a recorded meeting. In one example, a first position of a capture device is determined. A second position of the capture de... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8330788 | Method and apparatus for video telephony in portable terminal Provided is a method and apparatus for video telephony in a portable terminal. In the method, all image frames received from a video telephony counterpart terminal are decoded when a video telephony event is detected. Thereafter, it is determined if the received ima... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8325213 | Video communication system and method A method of capturing an image from a video call between a first user and a remote user over a communication network. The method includes receiving video data from the remote user at a client executed at a user terminal of the first user, the video data comprising a... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8319816 | Methods, systems and program products for efficient communication of data between conference servers One embodiment of the invention is a videoconference system in which multiple users communicate video and audio data to one another over a data network. The example system comprises a first conference server linking a plurality of first users to one another to allow... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8319815 | Storage cabinet and video conference system The present invention is to provide a storage cabinet that houses a terminal having a reader unit for reading information recorded on a recording medium. With this storage cabinet, a recording medium can be readily connected to the reader unit from any angle. | 11/27/2012 |
| 8319818 | Information processing device, information processing method and storage medium storing computer program There is provided an information processing device including a recipient information recording portion that records recipient party information, an image recording portion that records images of the recipient party taken on the recipient party side during a call, an... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8319814 | Video conferencing system which allows endpoints to perform continuous presence layout selection In various embodiments, a Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) or another video conferencing device (e.g., an endpoint) may generate a video frame that includes video images of two or more video conferencing endpoints. The video frame may then be sent to another video conf... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8319817 | Method and apparatus for video call using transmission of divided image frames A method and an apparatus for a video call using transmission of divided image frames are provided. A transmitting mobile terminal captures a still image with the first resolution at a predefined period, divides the captured image into images with the second resolut... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8314830 | Information-processing apparatus, information-processing methods, recording mediums, and programs An information-processing apparatus operated by a user to carry out communications through a network transmits user-disclosure information to an other information-processing apparatus and receives other user-disclosure information from the other apparatus. The other... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8314829 | Satellite microphones for improved speaker detection and zoom Architecture for exploiting satellite microphones and employing other techniques of conference room camera/microphone systems to significantly improve the true positive rate (reduce false positives) in sound source localization (SSL). Techniques for realizing the im... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8310518 | Videoconference system and management method thereof A videoconference system and a management method thereof are provided. The videoconference system includes: terminals; multipoint control units (MCUs), as the superior level for the terminals, for controlling the corresponding terminals; conference management system... | 11/13/2012 |
