Apparatus and method for storage and playback of video images and audio messages in multipoint videoconferencing
摘要
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.
申请公布号
US5990933(A)
申请公布日期
1999.11.23
申请号
US19990273966
申请日期
1999.03.22
申请人
VIDEOSERVER, INC.
发明人
OZONE, DANIEL F.;DISCHINO, CHRISTOPHER L.;SHEN, NELSON;BHADE, VILAS V.;SZETO, TAK;MCKINLEY, BRITTAIN S.;DONOVAN, PETER J.;ZECK, DANIEL E.;SHARKEY, CHARLES F.