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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:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Stephen R. Whynot, Richardson, TX (US);
Gregory T. Stovall, Omaha, AK (US);
David W. Mcknight, Garland, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stephen R. Whynot, Richardson, TX (US);
Gregory T. Stovall, Omaha, AK (US);
David W. McKnight, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N007/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A call conferencing apparatus, method, and computer program switch the video information presented to one or more participants during a conference call. The apparatus, method, and computer program identify a primary speaker channel during a video conference. Video information from the primary speaker channel is then provided to at least one other channel of the communication session.