Television – Two-way video and voice communication – Conferencing
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-10
2011-05-10
Smith, Creighton (Department: 2614)
Television
Two-way video and voice communication
Conferencing
C348S014090, C348S014120
Reexamination Certificate
active
07940294
ABSTRACT:
A method, an apparatus and a medium encoded with instructions for providing layout selection, participant selection, and/or participant-to-participant far end camera control of the selected participant for use in a continuous presence multipoint videoconference. The method includes receiving one or more far end camera control messages over a packet network from a first participant of a multipoint videoconference; maintaining an indication of a far end camera control mode for the first participant, the mode being one of a set of modes; and depending on the far end camera control mode and on controls possible, carrying out a control according to one ore more the camera control messages.
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Ismail Nermin M.
Sàrkar Shantanu
Wu Duanpei
Cisco Technology Inc.
Inventek
Rosenfeld Dov
Smith Creighton
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