Intel Corporation

Frederick J Cooper

Rune A Skarbo

Anthony C Salvador

Dennis M O'Connor

Blake R Bender

Christopher C Lawless

Daniel R Porter

Girish Gopal

Kathleen E Kovatch

Ranjit R Menon

Keith E Hopper

Douglas L Sorenson

Teresa L Urutia

Karen J Rafnel

A processor-based system may be controlled using a digital camera. The digital camera can provide luminance and motion information which may be analyzed to determine whether to alter one or more of the power consumption state, the operation of system utilities, or the operation of a screen saver.

Controlling processor-based systems using a digital camera

A audio stream may include portions that are stored while other portions are being displayed. In one embodiment, a portion of the audio stream may be stored in digital storage media at one instance while in the next instance another portion of the stream is being read out of the storage media.

Time shifting by concurrently recording and playing an audio stream

A method including receiving a request to launch a first application and then launching the first application in a suspended mode. Further, installing a message hook in the first application; and unsuspending the first application. Also, an apparatus for performing the above method including a processor and a memory connected to the processor.

Method and apparatus for integrating the user interfaces of multiple applications into one application

A video conference station is disclosed comprising an image analyzer and a camera controller. The image analyzer receives video frames from a communicatively coupled first camera, detects the head of one or more conference participants within the received video frames and detects an active participant from the one or more conference participants. The camera controller, coupled to the image analysis circuit, controls a second camera based, at least in part, on detecting the active participant.

Method and apparatus for controlling a video camera in a video conferencing system

A method for cataloging facial images stores an image associated with at least one facial image in a face database. Each of the facial images is further associated with at least one identification parameter. The method automatically catalogs a new image into the face database according to pre-existing matching facial images located in the face database.

Automatic cataloging of people in digital photographs

A mechanism for increasing awareness and sense of proximity among multiple users in a network system senses whether a first user is in close proximity to a first end point. The mechanism then transmits first proximity information indicating whether the first user is in close proximity to the first end point from the first end point to a second end point.

Mechanism for increasing awareness and sense of proximity among multiple users in a network system

A method of detecting whether a user is in close proximity to an end point. A base video frame of the end point is captured when the user is not in close proximity to the end point. A current video frame of the end point is captured and compared to the base video frame of the end point to determine whether the user is in close proximity to the end point.

Method of presence detection using video input

A method and apparatus for associating user information with conference participants in a conferencing environment generates one or more attendee bars corresponding to the conferencing environment. Each attendee bar includes a plurality of panels corresponding to the conferencing participants, and each of the panels includes information regarding a conferencing participant. The attendee bar is then updated whenever the information regarding one of the plurality of conferencing participants changes.

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Frederick J Cooper