Television – Two-way video and voice communication – User positioning
Patent
1996-10-15
1997-09-30
Woo, Stella
Television
Two-way video and voice communication
User positioning
379202, H04N 715, H04M 1100
Patent
active
056730802
ABSTRACT:
Methods of establishing multimedia conferences between a multimedia server and a plurality of endpoint devices. One or more of these endpoint devices are enhanced in that they include a memory adapted to store one or more telephone numbers, each telephone number corresponding to a respective endpoint device, and a user interface coupled to the memory for selecting a telephone number stored in the memory. The methods are performed in a substantially continuous manner, signifying that a third endpoint device is added to a preexisting conference between a first and a second endpoint device without substantially interrupting this preexisting conference. Therefore, a seamless multimedia conference is provided between the first and second enhanced endpoint devices even when a third endpoint device is added to the conference.
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Biggs John T.
Landante Diane G.
Milstead Sandra C.
Skran Dale L.
Snowdon Arthur R.
Bartholomew Steven R.
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
Woo Stella
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