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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:
Feb. 05, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2010
Applicants:

George “jed” D. Wilson, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Katharine D. Nogarede, Austin, TX (US);

Charles Gregory Rousch, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

George “Jed” D. Wilson, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Katharine D. Nogarede, Austin, TX (US);

Charles Gregory Rousch, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Polycom, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system, method, and apparatus are disclosed whereby a wireless Personal Area Network such as a Bluetooth piconet may be extended to a remote location beyond the normal range by means of a conferencing connection. The conferencing connection may comprise, for example, one or more ISDN lines or an IP connection between two or more conference endpoints. The broadband connection may include a video channel, an audio channel, a control channel, and a Bluetooth channel.


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