Apparatus and method for storage and playback of video images an

Television – Two-way video and voice communication – User positioning

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379 9321, 379202, H04N 715

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058867341

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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