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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2005
Applicant:
Wai Yim, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Wai Yim, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A videoconferencing method having corresponding apparatus and computer programs comprises receiving exchanging audiovisual data for a videoconference with a videoconference server; identifying a physical location of a videoconference client; and either sending an indicator of the location to the server, which obtains physical location video data for the location comprising satellite photographs of the location and sends the data to other videoconference clients, or obtaining the data and sending the data to the server, which sends the data to other videoconference clients in the videoconference.