EP 0906695 A1 19990407 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING MULTIMEDIA OBJECTS
Title (en)
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING MULTIMEDIA OBJECTS
Title (de)
SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERKNÜPFUNG VON MULTIMEDIAOBJEKTEN
Title (fr)
SYSTEME ET PROCEDE POUR ASSOCIER DES OBJETS MULTIMEDIA
Publication
Application
Priority
US 9610656 W 19960621
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9749244A1] A video conferencing system (30) and method that uses a central multimedia bridge (32) to combine multimedia signals from a plurality of conference participants (34-37) into a single composite signal for each participant. The system gives each conference participant the ability to customize their individual display of other participants, including keying in and out selected portions of the display and overlapping displayed images, and the ability to identify individual images in a composed video stream by click and drag operations or the like. The system uses a chain of video composing modules that can be extended as necessary to combine video signal streams from any number of conference participants in real-time. Multimedia association software is provided for associating different media types to enhance display and manipulation capabilities for multimedia uses. The system also allows each user to dynamically change who can receive the information they provide to the conference.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04J 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9749244 A1 19971224; CA 2258091 A1 19971224; CA 2258091 C 20020507; EP 0906695 A1 19990407; EP 0906695 A4 19990616; JP H11513212 A 19991109
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9610656 W 19960621; CA 2258091 A 19960621; EP 96922524 A 19960621; JP 50286998 A 19960621