Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Individual participant identification in shared video resources
- Patent Title (中): 共享视频资源中的个人参与者识别
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Application No.: US11490906Application Date: 2006-07-21
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Publication No.: US07920158B1Publication Date: 2011-04-05
- Inventor: Alexander J. G. Beck , Andrew W. Lang , Paul Thomas McNamara , David Preshan Thambiratnam , James K. Wan
- Applicant: Alexander J. G. Beck , Andrew W. Lang , Paul Thomas McNamara , David Preshan Thambiratnam , James K. Wan
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Avaya Inc.
- Current Assignee: Avaya Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Agency: Sheridan Ross P.C.
- Main IPC: H04N7/14
- IPC: H04N7/14 ; H04N7/00 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N7/18 ; G06F15/16

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.
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