Vtel Corporation

Forgent Networks, Inc.

Videotelecom Corp.

Joe W Duran

Michael Vayden Jenkins

William Todd Clayton

Joonyoul Maeng

Michael L Kenoyer

Edward H Cooper, Jr

A computer based television signal recording device is provided. This recording device allows for the recording of input streams onto a mass storage device such as a computer hard drive. The playback of individual programs can be done independently of the recording. A user interface is provided which has a list of the recorded television signals and the user can select for playback any of the listed recorded television signals.

Computer controlled recorder of television signals having the ability for a user to select among a varity of stored signals for playback independent of recording of an audio and video stream

A teleconferencing system with capability to store incoming multiple medium messages for later retrieval and playback is disclosed. The system includes a communications multiplexer which, in normal mode, receives the incoming message and routes the message to various output functions, including video, audio, and computer display. In store mode, the communications multiplexer receives the incoming message and communicates it to disk storage, for example by way of direct memory access. During playback, the communications multiplexer receives data from the disk storage, and controls its communication to the various output functions, in the same manner as during receipt of a normal incoming message during an interactive teleconference. As a result, multiple medium messages may be stored for later retrieval, with the playback appearing in the same manner as a conventional teleconference message.

Multiple medium message recording system

Computer controlled video system allowing playback during recording

Computer controlled video multiplexer for video conferencing and message systems

An auxiliary unit is used in conjunction with a personal computer based work station for interconnecting the work station to an audio-visual communications network. The auxiliary unit includes a CRT, a camera, a speaker phone circuit, and a CPU for interfacing these elements with each other and with the communications network to permit the transmission and reception of voice, video and computer graphics information.

Video-telephone communications system

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Joe W Duran