Apparatus and method for storage and playback of video images and audio messages in multipoint videoconferencing

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PATENT NO 5886734
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08790289

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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.

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  • CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bhade, Vilas V Natick, MA 2 86
Dischino, Christopher L Somerville, MA 4 98
Donovan, Peter J Billerica, MA 3 87
McKinley, Brittain S Newton, MA 10 181
Ozone, Daniel F Norwood, MA 3 99
Sharkey, Charles F Hudson, NH 2 86
Shen, Nelson Nashua, NH 16 270
Szeto, Tak Brighton, MA 2 86
Zeck, Daniel E Acton, MA 20 124

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