Apparatus and method for storage and playback of video images and audio messages in multipoint videoconferencing
US5886734A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N7/155
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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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