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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Alexander J. G. Beck, Frenchs Forest, AU;
Andrew W. Lang, Epping, AU;
Paul Thomas Mcnamara, Killarney Heights, AU;
David Preshan Thambiratnam, Ashfield, AU;
James K. Wan, Carlingford, AU;
Alexander J. G. Beck, Frenchs Forest, AU;
Andrew W. Lang, Epping, AU;
Paul Thomas McNamara, Killarney Heights, AU;
David Preshan Thambiratnam, Ashfield, AU;
James K. Wan, Carlingford, AU;
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An integrated communications system is provided wherein video conferencing is conducted and participants sharing a video resource may be identified. Application of the present invention is particularly suited for videoconferencing when there are a plurality of communication endpoints, and at least one of the communication endpoints includes multiple participants at the shared video resource. A video or audio processing technique takes place to identify locations of conference participants at the communication endpoints. Each participant has an assigned RFID identifier during the conference. The RFID identifiers are interrogated by an RFID reader that downloads data from the identifiers to the system. The gathered RFID data is then matched with the processed video or audio data in order to identify each of the conference participants. A user interface is provided to allow the participants to view the other remote participants along with the identifying data of the remote participants. The data may include, for example, each remote participant's name displayed directly below the video image of that remote participant. As time progresses during the conference, participant identity is tracked and updated by repeating the video/audio processing technique and repeating the interrogation of the RFID identifiers.