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1. A system wherein at least one participant at a location remote from a court and another participant at said court or remote from a court, both appearing before the court, said system comprising
first video and audio conferencing equipment including terminals at the location of at least one participant, second video and audio conferencing equipment including a plurality of terminals at the court a first terminal at a judge's bench with a display screen facing a judge, a second terminal spaced from the court's terminal for one attorney with a display screen facing a public gallery, a private transmission system for placing said conferencing equipment of the court and at least said one participant in video and audio communication with each other concurrently, and displaying images of the participants at the first and second terminals, said terminals being placed in communication with each other by communication links having the same or different protocols, a bridging center operably connected to the transmission system and under the control of a remote conference manager that enables said conference manager to initiate and terminate a scheduled court video teleconference and who establishes communication between the court and each participant appearing before the court by video teleconference, said bridging center enabling the conference manager to communicate with the court and each participant at a scheduled video teleconference appearance and including a computer system programmed to enable simultaneous real-time communication between said terminals, and each said terminal including a device for near-real time compression and decompression of the audio and video signal streams transmitted or received thereby, and a dedicated telephone link in active communication with the court that enables the conference manager and court to communicate during a scheduled court video teleconference. |
