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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2004
Matthew D. Cupal, Providence, UT (US);
Dave Perkes, North Logan, UT (US);
Doug Jewell, Paradise, UT (US);
Scot Brooksby, Highland, UT (US);
Matthew D. Cupal, Providence, UT (US);
Dave Perkes, North Logan, UT (US);
Doug Jewell, Paradise, UT (US);
Scot Brooksby, Highland, UT (US);
Sorenson Communications, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A videoconferencing system couples to a network for providing videoconferencing services to a user. The videoconferencing session is controlled and initiated by a user in a manner consistent with establishing a conventional audio-only session. In one embodiment, an independently operable voice-only telephone handset couples to an audio and video communication device. The videoconferencing session is established by taking the telephone handset to an off-hook status and entering a dialed phone number sequence. The audio and video communication device retrieves a network address corresponding to the dialed phone number sequence and initiates a call sequence corresponding to the retrieved network address until the telephone handset goes into an on-hook status. The audio and video communication device further includes video interfaces for presenting the video aspects to the user.