Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Keith A. Lantz

39Patents
24h-index
19Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 1, 1993 → Apr 19, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5617539A Multimedia collaboration system with separate data network and A/V network controlled by information transmitting on the data network Electricity 738 Expired
US5758079A Call control in video conferencing allowing acceptance and identification of participants in a new incoming call during an active teleconference Electricity 584 Expired
US5689641A Multimedia collaboration system arrangement for routing compressed AV signal through a participant site without decompressing the AV signal Electricity 560 Expired
US6237025A Multimedia collaboration system Electricity 505 Expired
US6583806B2 Videoconferencing hardware Electricity 411 Expired
US7433921B2 System for real-time communication between plural users Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 356 Expired
US5854893A System for teleconferencing in which collaboration types and participants by names or icons are selected by a participant of the teleconference Electricity 349 Expired
US6594688B2 Dedicated echo canceler for a workstation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 286 Expired
US7206809B2 Method for real-time communication between plural users Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 277 Expired
US5884039A System for providing a directory of AV devices and capabilities and call processing such that each participant participates to the extent of capabilities available Electricity 271 Expired
US6351762B1 Method and system for log-in-based video and multimedia calls Electricity 269 Expired
US7152093B2 System for real-time communication between plural users Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 224 Expired
US5896500A System for call request which results in first and second call handle defining call state consisting of active or hold for its respective AV device Electricity 214 Expired
US5978835A Multimedia mail, conference recording and documents in video conferencing Electricity 191 Expired
US7185054B1 Participant display and selection in video conference calls Electricity 182 Expired
US6989856B2 System and method for performing distributed video conferencing Electricity 161 Expired
US5915091A Synchronization in video conferencing Electricity 158 Expired
US7477282B2 System and method for performing distributed video conferencing Electricity 126 Active
US7421470B2 Method for real-time communication between plural users Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 119 Expired
US5802294A Teleconferencing system in which location video mosaic generator sends combined local participants images to second location video mosaic generator for displaying combined images Electricity 103 Expired
US7084898B1 System and method for providing video conferencing synchronization Electricity 96 Expired
US5867654A Two monitor videoconferencing hardware Electricity 78 Expired
US6343314B1 Remote participant hold and disconnect during videoconferencing Electricity 62 Expired
US7908320B2 Tracking user locations over multiple networks to enable real time communications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Active
US7412482B2 System for managing real-time communications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.