公开(公告)号：US20120204119A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-09

申请号：US13022780

申请日：2011-02-08

申请人： Marc P. LEFAR ,  Baruch Sterman ,  Nicholas P. Lazzaro

发明人： Marc P. LEFAR ,  Baruch Sterman ,  Nicholas P. Lazzaro

IPC分类号： G06F3/048 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06Q10/0631 ,  G06Q10/109 ,  H04L12/1827 ,  H04N7/15

摘要： Systems and methods for conducting a virtual meeting cause a display screen to present meeting participants with a depiction of a virtual meeting room populated with avatars representing the participants. Audio links between the participants allow some or all of the participants to hear what is being said by each of the other participants. Each participant can cause his respective avatar to make gestures that provide non-verbal communications to the other participants. In addition, one or more participants may be able to cause text, images, videos or other presentation materials to be displayed to the other participants on a virtual display screen present in the virtual conference room. Likewise, participants may be able to draw or write on a virtual whiteboard present in the virtual conference room. Participants may also be able to share or send notes to each other, or conduct private instant messaging sessions, audio sessions or video sessions with one or more of the other participants. Each participant may be able to see the virtual meeting room from a different perspective.

摘要翻译： 进行虚拟会议的系统和方法使得显示屏幕向会议参与者呈现填充有代表参与者的化身的虚拟会议室的描绘。 参与者之间的音频链接允许一些或所有参与者听到每个其他参与者正在说的内容。 每个参与者可以使他的各自的头像进行向其他参与者提供非语言通信的手势。 此外，一个或多个参与者可能能够使虚拟会议室中存在的虚拟显示屏幕上的其他参与者显示文本，图像，视频或其他演示材料。 同样，参与者也可以在虚拟会议室中存在的虚拟白板上绘制或写入。 参与者还可以彼此分享或发送笔记，或与一个或多个其他参与者进行私人即时通讯会话，音频会话或视频会话。 每个参与者可以从不同的角度看虚拟会议室。

公开(公告)号：US20120204120A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-09

申请号：US13022802

申请日：2011-02-08

申请人： Marc P. Lefar ,  Baruch Sterman ,  Nicholas P. Lazzaro

发明人： Marc P. Lefar ,  Baruch Sterman ,  Nicholas P. Lazzaro

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06Q10/109 ,  G06Q10/0631

摘要： Systems and methods for conducting a virtual meeting cause a display screen to present meeting participants with a depiction of a virtual meeting room populated with avatars representing the participants. Audio links between the participants allow some or all of the participants to hear what is being said by each of the other participants. Each participant can cause his respective avatar to make gestures that provide non-verbal communications to the other participants. In addition, one or more participants may be able to cause text, images, videos or other presentation materials to be displayed to the other participants on a virtual display screen present in the virtual conference room. Likewise, participants may be able to draw or write on a virtual whiteboard present in the virtual conference room. Participants may also be able to share or send notes to each other, or conduct private instant messaging sessions, audio sessions or video sessions with one or more of the other participants. Actual movements made by participants could be sensed and interpreted by touch, video and inertial sensors. An interpretation of those movements could be used to change how the virtual meeting room appears, to animate the avatars, or to cause certain functions to be performed.

摘要翻译： 进行虚拟会议的系统和方法使得显示屏幕向会议参与者呈现填充有代表参与者的化身的虚拟会议室的描绘。 参与者之间的音频链接允许一些或所有参与者听到每个其他参与者正在说的内容。 每个参与者可以使他的各自的头像进行向其他参与者提供非语言通信的手势。 此外，一个或多个参与者可能能够使虚拟会议室中存在的虚拟显示屏幕上的其他参与者显示文本，图像，视频或其他演示材料。 同样，参与者也可以在虚拟会议室中存在的虚拟白板上绘制或写入。 参与者还可以彼此分享或发送笔记，或与一个或多个其他参与者进行私人即时通讯会话，音频会话或视频会话。 参与者进行的实际运动可以通过触摸，视频和惯性传感器进行感测和解释。 可以使用这些动作的解释来改变虚拟会议室的显示方式，动画化身，或者使某些功能被执行。

公开(公告)号：US20120204118A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-09

申请号：US13022730

申请日：2011-02-08

申请人： Marc P. LEFAR ,  Baruch Sterman ,  Nicholas P. Lazzaro

发明人： Marc P. LEFAR ,  Baruch Sterman ,  Nicholas P. Lazzaro

IPC分类号： G06F3/048 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F3/04883 ,  G06Q10/10

摘要： Systems and methods for conducting a virtual meeting cause a display screen to present meeting participants with a depiction of a virtual meeting room populated with avatars representing the participants. Audio links between the participants allow some or all of the participants to hear what is being said by each of the other participants. Each participant can cause his respective avatar to make gestures that provide non-verbal communications to the other participants. In addition, one or more participants may be able to cause text, images, videos or other presentation materials to be displayed to the other participants on a virtual display screen present in the virtual conference room. Likewise, participants may be able to draw or write on a virtual whiteboard present in the virtual conference room. Participants may also be able to share or send notes to each other, or conduct private instant messaging sessions, audio sessions or video sessions with one or more of the other participants.

摘要翻译： 进行虚拟会议的系统和方法使得显示屏幕向会议参与者呈现填充有代表参与者的化身的虚拟会议室的描绘。 参与者之间的音频链接允许一些或所有参与者听到每个其他参与者正在说的内容。 每个参与者可以使他的各自的头像进行向其他参与者提供非语言通信的手势。 此外，一个或多个参与者可能能够使虚拟会议室中存在的虚拟显示屏幕上的其他参与者显示文本，图像，视频或其他演示材料。 同样，参与者也可以在虚拟会议室中存在的虚拟白板上绘制或写入。 参与者还可以彼此分享或发送笔记，或与一个或多个其他参与者进行私人即时通讯会话，音频会话或视频会话。

公开(公告)号：US20130148646A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-13

申请号：US13324505

申请日：2011-12-13

申请人： Tzahi Efrati ,  Baruch Sterman ,  Yariv Trabelsi

发明人： Tzahi Efrati ,  Baruch Sterman ,  Yariv Trabelsi

IPC分类号： H04L12/66

CPC分类号： H04M3/42042 ,  H04M3/4365 ,  H04M3/5307 ,  H04M2201/26 ,  H04M2201/60 ,  H04M2203/10 ,  H04M2203/2011 ,  H04M2203/651 ,  H04M2203/652 ,  H04M2203/654

摘要： An IP telephony system allows a calling party to provide a message that is played to the called party before the called party is connected to the calling party. The message can provide information about the call that helps the called party decide whether to answer the call. In some instances, information provided by the calling party can be used by the IP telephony system to automatically determine how to the handle the call.

摘要翻译： IP电话系统允许呼叫方在被叫方连接到呼叫方之前提供被呼叫方播放的消息。 消息可以提供有助于被叫方决定是否应答呼叫的呼叫信息。 在某些情况下，主叫方提供的信息可被IP电话系统用来自动确定如何处理呼叫。

公开(公告)号：US08254278B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-28

申请号：US11915231

申请日：2006-05-23

申请人： Baruch Sterman ,  David Schwartz ,  Eli Katz

发明人： Baruch Sterman ,  David Schwartz ,  Eli Katz

IPC分类号： H04J1/16

CPC分类号： H04M7/128 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L61/1511 ,  H04L61/157 ,  H04L61/6009 ,  H04M7/123 ,  H04M2201/18 ,  H04M2201/36

摘要： A method for telephony includes receiving at a facility of a telephone service provider a first subscriber request to place a first call to a specified telephone number. A provider request is sent to a remote server (26), which maintains a database (28) of records associating telephone numbers with respective packet network addresses, for a record (72) indicating a packet network address to which calls to the specified telephone number should be placed. Upon receiving the record from the remote server, the record is stored in a local cache (42) at the facility of the telephone service provider. After storing the record, upon receiving at the facility of the telephone service provider a second subscriber request to place a second call to the specified telephone number, the record is read from the local cache and is used in placing the second call to the packet network address.

摘要翻译： 一种用于电话的方法包括在电话服务提供商的设施处接收第一用户请求，以将第一呼叫发送到指定的电话号码。 提供者请求被发送到远程服务器（26），远程服务器（26）维护用于指示电话号码与相应的分组网络地址相关联的记录的数据库（28），用于指示对指定的电话号码进行呼叫的分组网络地址 应该放置 一旦从远程服务器接收到记录，该记录被存储在电话服务提供商的设施处的本地缓存（42）中。 在存储记录之后，当在电话服务提供商的设施处接收到第二用户请求以对指定的电话号码进行第二次呼叫时，从本地高速缓存读取记录，并将其用于将第二呼叫置于分组网络 地址。

公开(公告)号：US09641562B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-02

申请号：US13340438

申请日：2011-12-29

申请人： Baruch Sterman ,  Tzahi Efrati ,  Yariv Trabelsi

发明人： Baruch Sterman ,  Tzahi Efrati ,  Yariv Trabelsi

IPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04W24/10

CPC分类号： H04L65/1083 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04W24/10

摘要： When a voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) telephone call is being conducted by a mobile telephony device, measurements of at least one condition that exists for the mobile telephone device during the VOIP telephone call are taken during the duration of the telephone call. The measurements could be taken periodically as the VOIP telephone call progresses. The measured condition is one that could affect the perceived quality of the VOIP telephone call. The measurements of the at least one condition are recorded against the telephone call for later use and analysis. The recorded information may be analyzed to determine how to modify a setting of the mobile telephony device to improve the quality of VOIP telephone calls conducted with the mobile telephony device.

公开(公告)号：US09338195B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-10

申请号：US13561618

申请日：2012-07-30

申请人： Baruch Sterman ,  Chakrapani Gorrepati

发明人： Baruch Sterman ,  Chakrapani Gorrepati

IPC分类号： H04L29/06

摘要： Systems and methods of preventing an Internet service provider from identifying a stream of data packets as carrying a voice over Internet protocol telephony communication can make use of encryption techniques to prevent the Internet service provider from examining the content of the data packets. Also, multiple communications channels may be established between a telephony device and elements of an IP telephony system. A stream of data packets bearing the media of an IP telephony communication is then separated into sub-streams, and each sub-stream is sent through a different one of the communications channels. This prevents an Internet service provider from identifying a stream of data packets as bearing the media of an IP telephony communication based on a pattern in the data traffic.

公开(公告)号：US20140056314A1

公开(公告)日：2014-02-27

申请号：US13591833

申请日：2012-08-22

申请人： Baruch Sterman

发明人： Baruch Sterman

IPC分类号： H04L12/24

CPC分类号： H04L65/1069 ,  H04L47/2416 ,  H04L65/80

摘要： When multiple users of an IP telephony system are communicating with the IP telephony system via the same data network interface device, a check is made to determine if all users are obtaining sufficiently high communications speed to support high quality communications. If not, the data traffic for one or more users may be slowed to allow data traffic to one or more other users to be increased, so that all users will be able to maintain high quality communications.

摘要翻译： 当IP电话系统的多个用户通过相同的数据网络接口设备与IP电话系统通信时，进行检查以确定所有用户是否获得足够高的通信速度以支持高质量的通信。 如果不是，一个或多个用户的数据业务可能被减慢以允许增加一个或多个其他用户的数据业务，使得所有用户将能够维持高质量的通信。

公开(公告)号：US20120099486A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-26

申请号：US13242369

申请日：2011-09-23

申请人： Geoffrey LANGOS ,  Tzahi Efrati ,  Baruch Sterman

发明人： Geoffrey LANGOS ,  Tzahi Efrati ,  Baruch Sterman

IPC分类号： H04L12/16

CPC分类号： H04M7/0024 ,  G06Q30/0255 ,  G06Q50/01 ,  H04M3/2218 ,  H04M3/4878 ,  H04M2201/18 ,  H04M2203/353 ,  H04M2203/551 ,  H04M2203/555 ,  H04M2203/655 ,  H04W4/21

摘要： Systems and methods of updating information in a user's contact list or address book on a telephony system make use of information drawn from the user's contact or link information stored on a social networking system. The telephony system obtains the user's credentials on the social networking system and accesses the user's contact or link information on the social networking system directly.

摘要翻译： 在电话系统中更新用户的联系人列表或地址簿中的信息的系统和方法利用从用户的联系人获得的信息或存储在社交网络系统上的链接信息。 电话系统在社交网络系统上获取用户的凭证，直接访问用户的联系或链接信息。

公开(公告)号：US08073118B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-06

申请号：US11883605

申请日：2006-02-02

申请人： Baruch Sterman

发明人： Baruch Sterman

IPC分类号： H04M15/00

CPC分类号： H04L65/40 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0264 ,  H04L65/1069 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04M3/42068 ,  H04M3/4878

摘要： Information, such as advertising, is presented to VoIP users (12) via a combination of telephone and data streams during session initiation via an IP phone or a personal computer (18). A proxy server (20) that receives the call request coordinates with a media server (30) to transmit targeted advertising to the caller during the post dial delay interval. After the advertisement concludes, the call continues normally.

摘要翻译： 诸如广告之类的信息经由IP电话或个人计算机（18）在会话发起期间经由电话和数据流的组合被呈现给VoIP用户（12）。 接收呼叫请求的代理服务器（20）与媒体服务器（30）协调，以在后拨号延迟间隔期间向呼叫者发送目标广告。 广告结束后，通话正常。