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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1993
William C Schwartz, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Catherine A Boss, Aurora, IL (US);
Allison A Carleton, Lisle, IL (US);
Joseph B Cyr, Naperville, IL (US);
Catherine M FitzPatrick, Winfield, IL (US);
J Michael Grinn, Batavia, IL (US);
Paul A Peterson, Oak Park, IL (US);
Theresa M Pommier, Westmont, IL (US);
Krista S Schwartz, Batavia, IL (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A video conferencing system, wherein multiple parties at different locations can view, and modify, a common image on their computer displays. The invention also provides a video camera at each computer, which takes a video picture of each party. The invention distributes data to all computers involved in the conference from which each computer can generate a display containing the common image, the modifications, and the video pictures.