Television – Two-way video and voice communication – User positioning
Patent
1995-05-23
1998-11-24
Woo, Stella
Television
Two-way video and voice communication
User positioning
348 14, 379144, 379 91, H04M 1100, H04N 714
Patent
active
058414690
ABSTRACT:
A videoconferencing network of audiovisual communication terminals is interconnected by a telephone network. Each terminal is activated only when the balance in a user account has been read and the account has been made available for debiting. The terminal includes a monitor system for playing out and receiving voice and picture information, an interface system for conditioning signals passing between the monitor system and the telephone network, and a database which contains the locations and telephone numbers of other terminals of the videoconferencing network. The terminal further includes a display of information from the database, a pointing device by means of which a user can make a selection from the display by indicating the relevant position in the display, and a device for automatically dialing up the selected remote terminal.
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Freeman Karen Martita
Pieters Herman Joseph
Pitman II Jack Andrew
Finston Martin I.
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
Pieters Herman J.
Woo Stella
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