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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1996
Takayuki Komine, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisashi Kawai, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A teleconference system by which a reservation for use can be readily and certainly established. The teleconference system includes an input unit for inputting image data and audio data; an output unit for outputting image data and audio data; a communication unit for multiplexing the image data and the audio data; a reservation management unit for controlling a reservation time at which the teleconference system is used and for allowing a reservation partner to use the teleconference system when the reservation time has come; and an interface unit for connecting with an external device. The reservation management unit performs a reservation control of a teleconference system based on reservation information sent from the external device via the interface unit.