公开(公告)号：US09294721B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-22

申请号：US11807396

申请日：2007-05-29

申请人： Pulin Thakkar ,  Dhigha Sekaran ,  Bimal Mehta

发明人： Pulin Thakkar ,  Dhigha Sekaran ,  Bimal Mehta

IPC分类号： H04L12/28 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04M3/56 ,  H04J1/16 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M7/12

CPC分类号： H04M7/1205 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04M3/567 ,  H04M7/006 ,  H04M7/123 ,  H04M2207/20 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04N7/152

摘要： Techniques for a mixed audio conference are described. An apparatus may comprise an audio video multipoint control unit to mix call information from multiple call connections established over a packet-switched network for a conference call. The apparatus may comprise a telephony gateway communicatively coupled to the audio video multipoint control unit. The telephony gateway may establish a bridge connection with a conference bridge servicing a call connection over a circuit-switched network, the telephony gateway to translate call information from the call connection for use by the audio video multipoint control unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述混合音频会议的技术。 一种装置可以包括音频视频多点控制单元，用于混合通过分组交换网络为电话会议建立的多个呼叫连接的呼叫信息。 该装置可以包括通信地耦合到音频视频多点控制单元的电话网关。 电话网关可以与通过电路交换网络服务呼叫连接的会议桥建立桥接连接，该电话网关将来自呼叫连接的呼叫信息转换成由音频视频多点控制单元使用。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US20080298278A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-04

申请号：US11807396

申请日：2007-05-29

申请人： Pulin Thakkar ,  Dhigha Sekaran ,  Bimal Mehta

发明人： Pulin Thakkar ,  Dhigha Sekaran ,  Bimal Mehta

IPC分类号： H04L12/16 ,  H04N7/14

CPC分类号： H04M7/1205 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04M3/567 ,  H04M7/006 ,  H04M7/123 ,  H04M2207/20 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04N7/152

摘要： Techniques for a mixed audio conference are described. An apparatus may comprise an audio video multipoint control unit to mix call information from multiple call connections established over a packet-switched network for a conference call. The apparatus may comprise a telephony gateway communicatively coupled to the audio video multipoint control unit. The telephony gateway may establish a bridge connection with a conference bridge servicing a call connection over a circuit-switched network, the telephony gateway to translate call information from the call connection for use by the audio video multipoint control unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述混合音频会议的技术。 一种装置可以包括音频视频多点控制单元，用于混合通过分组交换网络为电话会议建立的多个呼叫连接的呼叫信息。 该装置可以包括通信地耦合到音频视频多点控制单元的电话网关。 电话网关可以与通过电路交换网络服务呼叫连接的会议桥建立桥接连接，该电话网关将来自呼叫连接的呼叫信息转换成由音频视频多点控制单元使用。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US20090210491A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-20

申请号：US12033894

申请日：2008-02-20

申请人： Pulin Thakkar ,  Quinn Hawkins ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Ross G. Cutler

发明人： Pulin Thakkar ,  Quinn Hawkins ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Ross G. Cutler

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04N7/15 ,  G06Q10/103 ,  H04L12/1822 ,  H04N7/147

摘要： Techniques to automatically identify participants for a multimedia conference event are described. An apparatus may comprise a content-based annotation component operative to receive a meeting invitee list for a multimedia conference event. The content-based annotation component may receive multiple input media streams from multiple meeting consoles. The content-based annotation component may annotate media frames of each input media stream with identifying information for each participant within each input media stream to form a corresponding annotated media stream. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述了自动识别多媒体会议事件的参与者的技术。 装置可以包括基于内容的注释组件，其操作以接收多媒体会议事件的会议邀请者列表。 基于内容的注释组件可以从多个会议控制台接收多个输入媒体流。 基于内容的注释组件可以利用每个输入媒体流中的每个参与者的识别信息来注释每个输入媒体流的媒体帧，以形成对应的带注释的媒体流。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US08275197B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-25

申请号：US12139454

申请日：2008-06-14

申请人： Quinn Hawkins ,  Pulin Thakkar ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Adam Eversole ,  Bo Qin

发明人： Quinn Hawkins ,  Pulin Thakkar ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Adam Eversole ,  Bo Qin

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： H04M3/56 ,  G06K9/00402

摘要： Techniques to manage a whiteboard for multimedia conference events are described. An apparatus may comprise a whiteboard manager component operative to manage whiteboard recording, image processing and reproduction operations for a multimedia conference event. The whiteboard manager component may comprise an image quantizer module operative to receive an image of a writing surface with pen strokes, and quantize each pixel of the image into a predetermined number of colors, an attribute extractor module communicatively coupled to the image quantizer module, the attribute extractor module operative to extract stroke attribute information for the pen strokes from the quantized pixels, and a whiteboard interface module communicatively coupled to the attribute extractor module, the whiteboard interface module operative to send the stroke attribute information to a meeting console for rendering as digital pen strokes on a digital writing surface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述了管理用于多媒体会议事件的白板的技术。 装置可以包括白板管理器组件，其操作用于管理用于多媒体会议事件的白板记录，图像处理和再现操作。 白板管理器组件可以包括图像量化器模块，其操作以用笔触接收写入表面的图像，并且将图像的每个像素量化为预定数量的颜色，属性提取器模块通信地耦合到图像量化器模块， 属性提取器模块，用于从量化像素提取笔划的笔画属性信息;以及白板界面模块，其通信地耦合到所述属性提取器模块，所述白板界面模块可操作以将所述笔画属性信息发送到会议控制台，以呈现为数字 笔画在数字书写表面上。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US20090319916A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-24

申请号：US12144650

申请日：2008-06-24

申请人： Ananta S. Gudipaty ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Pulin Thakkar

发明人： Ananta S. Gudipaty ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Pulin Thakkar

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： H04N7/15 ,  G06Q10/109 ,  H04L65/1006 ,  H04L65/403 ,  H04M3/42221 ,  H04M3/567 ,  H04M2203/5009 ,  H04N7/155

摘要： Techniques to auto-attend multimedia conference events are described. An apparatus may comprise a recording management component operative to manage recording and reproduction operations for a multimedia conference event. The recording management component may comprise, among other elements, an event handler module operative to receive an auto-attend request from a meeting invitee as an auto-attendee for a multimedia conference event. The recording management component may also include an event schedule module communicatively coupled to the event handler module, the event schedule module operative to schedule the multimedia conference event for automatic recording operations in response to the auto-attend request. The recording management component may further include an event capture module communicatively coupled to the event schedule module, the event capture module operative to record the multimedia conference event to form a recorded meeting event file for the auto-attendee. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述了自动参加多媒体会议事件的技术。 一种装置可以包括操作用于管理多媒体会议事件的记录和再现操作的记录管理组件。 记录管理组件可以包括事件处理程序模块，其可操作以从作为多媒体会议事件的自动参与者的会议受邀者接收自动参与请求。 记录管理组件还可以包括通信地耦合到事件处理器模块的事件调度模块，所述事件调度模块可操作以响应于自动参与请求来调度用于自动记录操作的多媒体会议事件。 记录管理组件还可以包括通信地耦合到事件调度模块的事件捕获模块，事件捕获模块可操作以记录多媒体会议事件以形成用于自动参与者的记录的会议事件文件。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US08713440B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-29

申请号：US12030866

申请日：2008-02-13

申请人： Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Pulin Thakkar ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Noor-E-Gagan Singh

发明人： Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Pulin Thakkar ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Noor-E-Gagan Singh

IPC分类号： G06F3/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/36 ,  H04L12/1827

摘要： Techniques to manage communications resources for a multimedia conference event are described. An apparatus may comprise an audio management component operative to manage multiple audio connections for a multimedia conference event. The audio management component may comprise an audio monitor module communicatively coupled to an audio message module. The audio monitor module may be operative to monitor multiple audio connections for the multimedia conference event, and determine at least one audio quality parameter for an audio connection is lower than a defined threshold value to form an audio quality warning state. The audio message module may be operative to generate an operator message with the audio quality warning state and one or more options to improve audio quality for the audio connection. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述了管理多媒体会议事件的通信资源的技术。 一种装置可以包括音频管理组件，可操作以管理用于多媒体会议事件的多个音频连接。 音频管理组件可以包括通信地耦合到音频消息模块的音频监视器模块。 音频监视器模块可操作以监视用于多媒体会议事件的多个音频连接，并且确定用于音频连接的至少一个音频质量参数低于定义的阈值以形成音频质量警告状态。 音频消息模块可操作以产生具有音频质量警告状态的操作者消息和用于改善音频连接的音频质量的一个或多个选项。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US08316089B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-20

申请号：US12115556

申请日：2008-05-06

申请人： Pulin Thakkar ,  Noor-E-Gagan Singh ,  Stuti Jain ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee

发明人： Pulin Thakkar ,  Noor-E-Gagan Singh ,  Stuti Jain ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  H04N7/14 ,  H04L12/16 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： H04N7/15 ,  H04N7/147 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4314

摘要： Techniques to manage media content for a multimedia conference event are described. An apparatus may comprise a media content manager component operative to generate a visual composition of decoded media streams for a multimedia conference event. If it is determined that the total number of decoded media streams is greater than the total number of available display frames in a visual composition then an active group of decoded media streams may be selected from among the total number of decoded media streams for mapping to the available display frames based on speech activity. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述了管理多媒体会议事件的媒体内容的技术。 装置可以包括媒体内容管理器组件，其可操作以生成用于多媒体会议事件的解码的媒体流的视觉组合。 如果确定解码的媒体流的总数大于视觉合成中的可用显示帧的总数，则可以从解码的媒体流的总数中选择活动的解码的媒体流组，以映射到 基于语音活动的可用显示帧。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US20090309956A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-17

申请号：US12139454

申请日：2008-06-14

申请人： Quinn Hawkins ,  Pulin Thakkar ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Adam Eversole ,  Bo Qin

发明人： Quinn Hawkins ,  Pulin Thakkar ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Adam Eversole ,  Bo Qin

IPC分类号： H04M3/42 ,  G06K9/46

CPC分类号： H04M3/56 ,  G06K9/00402

摘要： Techniques to manage a whiteboard for multimedia conference events are described. An apparatus may comprise a whiteboard manager component operative to manage whiteboard recording, image processing and reproduction operations for a multimedia conference event. The whiteboard manager component may comprise an image quantizer module operative to receive an image of a writing surface with pen strokes, and quantize each pixel of the image into a predetermined number of colors, an attribute extractor module communicatively coupled to the image quantizer module, the attribute extractor module operative to extract stroke attribute information for the pen strokes from the quantized pixels, and a whiteboard interface module communicatively coupled to the attribute extractor module, the whiteboard interface module operative to send the stroke attribute information to a meeting console for rendering as digital pen strokes on a digital writing surface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述了管理用于多媒体会议事件的白板的技术。 装置可以包括白板管理器组件，其操作用于管理用于多媒体会议事件的白板记录，图像处理和再现操作。 白板管理器组件可以包括图像量化器模块，其操作以用笔触接收写入表面的图像，并且将图像的每个像素量化为预定数量的颜色，属性提取器模块通信地耦合到图像量化器模块， 属性提取器模块，用于从量化像素提取笔划的笔画属性信息;以及白板界面模块，其通信地耦合到所述属性提取器模块，所述白板界面模块可操作以将所述笔画属性信息发送到会议控制台，以呈现为数字 笔画在数字书写表面上。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US08731299B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-20

申请号：US13604816

申请日：2012-09-06

申请人： Quinn Hawkins ,  Pulin Thakkar ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Adam Eversole ,  Bo Qin

发明人： Quinn Hawkins ,  Pulin Thakkar ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Adam Eversole ,  Bo Qin

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  H04M3/56

CPC分类号： H04M3/56 ,  G06K9/00402

摘要： Techniques to manage a whiteboard for multimedia conference events are described. An apparatus may comprise a whiteboard manager component operative to manage whiteboard recording, image processing and reproduction operations for a multimedia conference event. The whiteboard manager component may comprise an image quantizer module operative to receive an image of a writing surface with pen strokes, and quantize each pixel of the image into a predetermined number of colors, an attribute extractor module communicatively coupled to the image quantizer module, the image quantizer module operative to extract stroke attribute information for the pen strokes from the quantized pixels, and a whiteboard interface module communicatively coupled to the attribute extractor module, the whiteboard interface module operative to send the stroke attribute information to a meeting console for rendering as digital pen strokes on a digital writing surface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述了管理用于多媒体会议事件的白板的技术。 装置可以包括白板管理器组件，其操作用于管理用于多媒体会议事件的白板记录，图像处理和再现操作。 白板管理器组件可以包括图像量化器模块，其操作以用笔触接收写入表面的图像，并且将图像的每个像素量化为预定数量的颜色，属性提取器模块通信地耦合到图像量化器模块， 图像量化器模块，用于从量化像素提取笔划的笔画属性信息;以及白板界面模块，其通信地耦合到所述属性提取器模块，所述白板接口模块可操作以将所述笔画属性信息发送到会议控制台，以呈现为数字 笔画在数字书写表面上。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US20130004069A1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-03

申请号：US13604816

申请日：2012-09-06

申请人： Quinn Hawkins ,  Pulin Thakkar ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Adam Eversole ,  Bo Qin

发明人： Quinn Hawkins ,  Pulin Thakkar ,  Kapil Sharma ,  Avronil Bhattacharjee ,  Adam Eversole ,  Bo Qin

IPC分类号： G06K9/46

CPC分类号： H04M3/56 ,  G06K9/00402

摘要： Techniques to manage a whiteboard for multimedia conference events are described. An apparatus may comprise a whiteboard manager component operative to manage whiteboard recording, image processing and reproduction operations for a multimedia conference event. The whiteboard manager component may comprise an image quantizer module operative to receive an image of a writing surface with pen strokes, and quantize each pixel of the image into a predetermined number of colors, an attribute extractor module communicatively coupled to the image quantizer module, the image quantizer module operative to extract stroke attribute information for the pen strokes from the quantized pixels, and a whiteboard interface module communicatively coupled to the attribute extractor module, the whiteboard interface module operative to send the stroke attribute information to a meeting console for rendering as digital pen strokes on a digital writing surface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述了管理用于多媒体会议事件的白板的技术。 装置可以包括白板管理器组件，其操作用于管理用于多媒体会议事件的白板记录，图像处理和再现操作。 白板管理器组件可以包括图像量化器模块，其操作以用笔触接收写入表面的图像，并且将图像的每个像素量化为预定数量的颜色，属性提取器模块通信地耦合到图像量化器模块， 图像量化器模块，用于从量化像素提取笔划的笔画属性信息;以及白板界面模块，其通信地耦合到所述属性提取器模块，所述白板接口模块可操作以将所述笔画属性信息发送到会议控制台，以呈现为数字 笔画在数字书写表面上。 描述和要求保护其他实施例。