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Video conferencing on existing UTP infrastructure

US6437818B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 5, 1998
Grant dateAug 20, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2213/13389
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video collaboration system and method utilizing at least one control communications link, and an unshielded twisted pair (UTP) wire network among a plurality of video sources and display devices, the UTP network defining a video signal path for transport of video signals. In the invention, the control communications link controls any of transmission, routing, multipoint conferencing, and end display of video signals as well as connection termination.

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