US Patent No: 7,554,576

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Information capture and recording system for controlling capture devices

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Abstract

Techniques for capturing and receiving digital information. The digital information may comprise information of one or more types including video information, audio information, images, documents, whiteboard information, notes information, and the like. Various actions may be performed based upon the digital information. The digital information may be captured by one or more capture devices.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
RICOH COMPANY, LTD.TOKYO15816

International Classification(s)

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Erol, Berna Burlingame, CA 107 681
Hull, Jonathan J San Carlos, CA 266 3326
Lee, Dar-Shyang Union City, CA 90 1046

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Patent Citation Ranking

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RICOH COMPANY, LTD. (4)
7,653,925 Techniques for receiving information during multimedia presentations and communicating the information 4 2000
7,689,712 Techniques for integrating note-taking and multimedia information 8 2003
7,669,127 Techniques for capturing information during multimedia presentations 3 2006
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DOCUSIGN, INC. (1)
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NOKIA CORPORATION (1)
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