公开(公告)号：US07162256B2

公开(公告)日：2007-01-09

申请号：US10742243

申请日：2003-12-19

申请人： Doree Duncan Seligmann ,  Michael J. Sammon ,  Lynne Shapiro Brotman ,  Anjum Khan ,  Reinhard Peter Klemm ,  Ajita John ,  David Gray Boyer

发明人： Doree Duncan Seligmann ,  Michael J. Sammon ,  Lynne Shapiro Brotman ,  Anjum Khan ,  Reinhard Peter Klemm ,  Ajita John ,  David Gray Boyer

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04M3/42229 ,  H04M2242/30 ,  H04W4/02

摘要： A method and apparatus for enabling a user of a telecommunications terminal to specify desired characteristics for the recipient of a call in lieu of a contact identifier are disclosed. The illustrative embodiment enables a user to specify one or more of the following criteria for a recipient: (i) a role requirement that specifies a role (e.g., a nurse, a doctor, etc.); (ii) a capability requirement that specifies one or more capabilities (e.g., able to speak Spanish, etc.); (iii) a location requirement (e.g., on the third floor of Building A, etc.); and (iv) a cardinality descriptor for the number of recipients (e.g., one recipient, at least three recipients, etc.). The illustrative embodiment also employs availability data (e.g., a schedule, etc.) and rules to determine whether a particular person is available to receive a call.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于使电信终端的用户能够指定呼叫的接收者代替联系人标识符的期望特征的方法和装置。 说明性实施例使得用户能够为接收者指定以下标准中的一个或多个：（i）指定角色的角色要求（例如护士，医生等）; （ii）指定一种或多种能力（例如能说西班牙语等）的能力要求; （iii）位置要求（例如，A楼三楼等）; 和（iv）用于接收者数量（例如，一个接收者，至少三个接收者等）的基数描述符。 说明性实施例还采用可用性数据（例如，时间表等）和规则来确定特定人员是否可用于接收呼叫。

公开(公告)号：US5896128A

公开(公告)日：1999-04-20

申请号：US434081

申请日：1995-05-03

申请人： David Gray Boyer

发明人： David Gray Boyer

IPC分类号： H04N7/14 ,  H04N7/15

CPC分类号： H04N7/152 ,  H04N7/147

摘要： A video conferencing system and method that uses a central multimedia bridge to combine multimedia signals from a plurality of conference participants into a single composite signal for each participant. The system gives each conference participant the ability to customize their individual display of other participants, including keying in and out selected portions of the display and overlapping displayed images, and the ability to identify individual images in a composed video stream by click and drag operations or the like. The system uses a chain of video composing modules that can be extended as necessary to combine video signal streams from any number of conference participants in real time. Multimedia association software is provided for associating different media types to enhance display and manipulation capabilities for multimedia uses. The system also allows each user to dynamically change who can receive the information they provide to the conference.

摘要翻译： 一种视频会议系统和方法，其使用中央多媒体网桥将来自多个会议参与者的多媒体信号组合为每个参与者的单个复合信号。 该系统使每个会议参与者能够定制其他参与者的单独显示，包括键入和取出显示器的所选部分和重叠显示的图像，以及通过点击和拖动操作来识别合成视频流中的各个图像的能力， 类似。 该系统使用视频组合模块链，可以根据需要扩展，以实时组合来自任意数量的会议参与者的视频信号流。 提供多媒体关联软件用于关联不同的媒体类型以增强多媒体使用的显示和操纵能力。 该系统还允许每个用户动态地改变谁可以接收他们提供给会议的信息。

公开(公告)号：US20100262921A1

公开(公告)日：2010-10-14

申请号：US12423471

申请日：2009-04-14

申请人： David Gray Boyer ,  Ronald J. Fernandez ,  Ronald D. Stelter

发明人： David Gray Boyer ,  Ronald J. Fernandez ,  Ronald D. Stelter

IPC分类号： G06F3/048 ,  H04W4/12 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L51/26 ,  H04L51/00 ,  H04L51/36

摘要： A mechanism by which the originator of a message can establish one or more mandatory characteristics for a response is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the originator of a message can specify a priority for responses to the message, and all responses will automatically be forced to have that priority. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, the priority requirement is enforced by automatically setting the appropriate priority level in a graphical user interface (GUI) by which the recipient responds to the message, and making this portion of the GUI inactive so that the priority cannot be changed. The illustrative embodiment also enables the originator to specify other mandatory characteristics for responses, including what telecommunications terminal(s) the response will be directed to (e.g., cell phone, personal computer, etc.), and how the response will be sent (e.g., email, a short message service [SMS] text message, instant messaging [IM], etc.).

摘要翻译： 公开了消息的发起者可以建立响应的一个或多个强制性特征的机制。 在说明性实施例中，消息的发起者可以指定对消息的响应的优先级，并且所有响应将自动被强制为具有该优先级。 根据说明性实施例，通过在图形用户界面（GUI）中自动设置适当的优先级来实现优先级要求，接收者通过该图形用户界面（GUI）响应消息，并使该GUI的该部分不活动，使得优先级不能 改变了 说明性实施例还使得发起者能够指定用于响应的其他强制性特征，包括响应将被指向的电信终端（例如，蜂窝电话，个人计算机等）以及如何发送响应（例如， ，电子邮件，短消息服务[SMS]短信，即时消息（IM）等）。

公开(公告)号：US09088665B2

公开(公告)日：2015-07-21

申请号：US11476064

申请日：2006-06-28

申请人： David Gray Boyer ,  Kevin J. Nelson

发明人： David Gray Boyer ,  Kevin J. Nelson

IPC分类号： H04M3/00 ,  H04M1/725

CPC分类号： H04M1/72566

摘要： A system and method recognize a context or environment, within which a mobile communication device is resides, without necessarily knowing the actual location of the mobile communication device. The system and method establish one or more communication rules for the mobile communication device based upon the recognized context.

摘要翻译： 系统和方法识别移动通信设备驻留的上下文或环境，而不必知道移动通信设备的实际位置。 该系统和方法基于所识别的上下文建立移动通信设备的一个或多个通信规则。

公开(公告)号：US07299257B2

公开(公告)日：2007-11-20

申请号：US09886791

申请日：2001-06-21

申请人： David Gray Boyer ,  James Owen Coplien ,  Rebecca Elizabeth Grinter ,  Randy L. Hackbarth ,  James David Herbsleb ,  Lalita Jategaonkar Jagadeesan ,  Peter Andrew Mataga ,  Graham John Wills

发明人： David Gray Boyer ,  James Owen Coplien ,  Rebecca Elizabeth Grinter ,  Randy L. Hackbarth ,  James David Herbsleb ,  Lalita Jategaonkar Jagadeesan ,  Peter Andrew Mataga ,  Graham John Wills

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04M3/42374 ,  G06Q10/107 ,  H04M3/42093 ,  H04M3/4211 ,  H04M3/42365

摘要： A ConnectIcon View is employed to establish collaborative communications between a plurality of participants in a group. Specifically, it is a dynamic visual representation of the participants of a group being invited to communicate together with their presence information, lists of documents and URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) to be examined, and a set of mechanisms (email, chat, voice, and the like) to initiate communication, each of which can be billed to the originator or otherwise as desired. The available presence information allows a user to employ the best mode of communicating for the instant purpose, namely, either asynchronous communication or synchronous communication.

摘要翻译： ConnectIcon视图用于建立组中的多个参与者之间的协作通信。 具体来说，这是被邀请与他们的存在信息，文件和URL的列表（统一资源定位符）进行通信的组的参与者的动态视觉表示，以及一组机制（电子邮件，聊天，语音， 等）启动通信，其中的每一个可以根据需要向发起者或其他方式开帐单。 可用的存在信息允许用户为即时目的，即异步通信或同步通信采用最佳通信模式。

公开(公告)号：US06337882B1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-08

申请号：US09036143

申请日：1998-03-06

申请人： David Gray Boyer ,  Vishvjit Singh Nalwa

发明人： David Gray Boyer ,  Vishvjit Singh Nalwa

IPC分类号： H04N712

CPC分类号： H04N19/23 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N19/60 ,  H04N21/234345 ,  H04N21/4728 ,  H04N21/6587

摘要： A selected image view generator is disclosed for generating a selected portion of a larger compressed image. A selected image view from an overall image is generated with significantly reduced computation and reduced latency (for video processing). Frame insensitivity permits selected image views to be formed from static images or from a video stream. Multiple users can simultaneously control a selected view received from an image source. Remote cameras can be panned electronically, rather than physically. The overall compressed image may be encoded using a suitable intra-frame macroblock-based image encoder, provided that each macroblock is encoded independently. Each macroblock optionally contains a macroblock identifier indicating the position of the macroblock in a given image. Each transmitted overall image and selected image view optionally includes a frame header indicating the number of macroblocks in the transmitted image. A virtually unlimited number of users can be supported by generating predefined selected image views that have a wider angle (in a panoramic view) or a larger area (for conventional images), than that requested by the user.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种选择的图像视图发生器，用于产生较大压缩图像的选定部分。 生成来自整体图像的选择的图像视图，其显着减少计算并减少等待时间（用于视频处理）。 帧不敏感性允许从静态图像或视频流形成所选择的图像视图。 多个用户可以同时控制从图像源接收的所选视图。 遥控摄像机可以以电子方式进行平移，而不是物理平移。 可以使用适合的基于帧内宏块的图像编码器对整体压缩图像进行编码，只要每个宏块都被独立编码。 每个宏块可选地包含指示给定图像中的宏块的位置的宏块标识符。 每个发送的整体图像和选择的图像视图可选地包括指示所发送的图像中的宏块的数量的帧标题。 可以通过生成具有比用户所要求的更宽的角度（全景视图）或更大区域（对于常规图像））的预定义的选定图像视图来支持几乎无限数量的用户。

公开(公告)号：US06246801B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-12

申请号：US09036141

申请日：1998-03-06

申请人： Jill MacDonald Boyce ,  David Gray Boyer

发明人： Jill MacDonald Boyce ,  David Gray Boyer

IPC分类号： G06K936

CPC分类号： H04N19/00 ,  H04N19/23 ,  H04N19/60

摘要： A selected image view generator is disclosed for generating a selected portion of a larger compressed image. A selected image view from an overall image is generated with significantly reduced computation and reduced latency (for video processing). Frame insensitivity permits selected image views to be formed from static images or from a video stream. Multiple users can simultaneously control a selected view received from an image source. Remote cameras can be panned electronically, rather than physically. The overall compressed image may be encoded using a suitable intra-frame macroblock-based image encoder. A portion of the DC coefficient values are recomputed when generating the selected image view from the overall image, to reflect the reordering of the pixels in the selected image view (that results in a portion of the pixels being adjacent to different pixels than they were in a subimage). Each transmitted overall image and selected image view optionally includes a frame header indicating the number of macroblocks in the transmitted image.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种选择的图像视图发生器，用于产生较大压缩图像的选定部分。 生成来自整体图像的选择的图像视图，其显着减少计算并减少等待时间（用于视频处理）。 帧不敏感性允许从静态图像或视频流形成所选择的图像视图。 多个用户可以同时控制从图像源接收的所选视图。 遥控摄像机可以以电子方式进行平移，而不是物理平移。 可以使用适合的基于帧内宏块的图像编码器对整体压缩图像进行编码。 当从整体图像生成所选择的图像视图时，重新计算DC系数值的一部分，以反映所选择的图像视图中的像素的重新排序（其导致与不同像素相邻的像素的一部分相比 一个子图像）。 每个发送的整体图像和选择的图像视图可选地包括指示所发送的图像中的宏块的数量的帧标题。