Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC

Sorenson Communications, Inc.

David Frye

Lane Walters

Merle L Walker

Cameron Dadgari

Tara Lalor

Kevin Selman

Brett Thelin

Jeremiah Long

Kurt Eilander

A video endpoint and related methods are disclosed. A video endpoint includes a control circuit configured to provide a user interface configured to enable a user to communicate with another user of another video endpoint with text during video communications with the other user. The user interface is also configured to enable the user to select from text strings stored in a database. A method of operating the video endpoint includes transmitting data corresponding to a selected one of the text strings stored in the database to the other video endpoint during the video communications responsive to the user selecting the selected one of the text strings. A method of transforming a computing device into a video endpoint includes storing computer-readable instructions directed to performing the functions of the control circuit on one or more servers, and transmitting the computer-readable instructions to the computing device.

Video endpoints and related methods for transmitting stored text to other video endpoints

Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface for a video communication device

Display screen of portion thereof with a graphical user interface for a video communication device

Methods and apparatuses for enabling electronic communication with an audibly-impaired user are disclosed. A communication device receives a call from a video endpoint associated with a calling party, wherein the call is intended for the audibly-impaired user. If the audibly-impaired user is unavailable to receive the call, information is selected from a database with one or more entries associated with the audibly-impaired user. The one or more entries include a video greeting previously recorded by the audibly-impaired user and a text greeting previously entered by the audibly-impaired user. The video greeting and the text greeting are combined as a merged video stream. The merged video stream is then presented on the video endpoint associated with the calling party.

Methods and apparatuses for video and text in communication greetings for the audibly-impaired

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Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

David Frye