Television – Two-way video and voice communication – User positioning
Patent
1999-03-22
1999-11-23
Chan, Wing F.
Television
Two-way video and voice communication
User positioning
379 9321, 379202, H04N 715
Patent
active
059909331
ABSTRACT:
In a multipoint control unit for conferencing audiovisual terminals, conference participants are greeted with audio and video welcome messages and then placed in an automated queue. The automated queue is a holding queue from which a conference operator can select the next available conference participant in the queue and conduct a subconference. Apparatus in the multipoint control unit includes a memory for storing video data and a processor coupled to the memory for controlling playback of the video data to a connected terminal during conference setup.
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Bhade Vilas V.
Dischino Christopher L.
Donovan Peter J.
McKinley Brittain S.
Ozone Daniel F.
Chan Wing F.
VideoServer, Inc.
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