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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2001
Kimbry L. McClure, Austin, TX (US);
Forgent Networks, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Video calls between video devices are controlled by presenting video call options and receiving inputs of video call information through a telephone network. A video call application associated with a phone server receives video call information and provides the information to a video launch application that controls video devices accordingly. In one embodiment, IP telephones provide video call options such as initiating and terminating video calls through an IP telephone server to a video network platform using XML formatted data. The video network platform provides video call options based on user code information to simplify the IP telephone interface. The video network platform performs the functions represented by the video call information to establish and terminate video calls as appropriate.