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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2003
Applicants:

Noam Eshkoli, Tel-Mond, IL;

Moshe Elbaz, Tel-Aviv, IL;

Inventors:

Noam Eshkoli, Tel-Mond, IL;

Moshe Elbaz, Tel-Aviv, IL;

Assignee:

Polycom, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In an embodiment, a videoconference system is provided in which a conference can be controlled by an end user (e.g., a participant of the conference) without the assistance of an operator. In another embodiment, the end user is presented with a graphical feature on an image associated with an ongoing conference that links to a menu, which in turn links to routines for selecting various options that change the setup of the conference. In yet another embodiment, the parameters of the conference can be changed while the conference is ongoing. In a further embodiment, the conference control unit includes a menu generator. Any combination of the above embodiments can be used together in one embodiment.


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