Avistar Announces Departure of Director.Business Editors/Technology Writers Avistar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:AVSR (Audio Visual Speech Recognition) Using lip reading software to enhance speech recognition. In noisy environments where a camera can be included, AVSR improves the computer's ability to recognize the speaker's words by visually tracking lip movement and ), the enterprise video company, today announced that Dr. William R. Brody Dr. William R. Brody is the current President of the Johns Hopkins University, a position which he has held since 1996. He was the highest-paid university president in the United States, receiving $897,786 in 2004, and regained the title in 2007. Brody received his B.S. and M.S. , President of Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. , has resigned from Avistar's Board of Directors as of July 3, 2002 due to pressing professional obligations. Dr. Brody had served as a director since April 2000. Gerald J. Burnett, Avistar's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Bill Brody has provided significant contributions to Avistar Communications during his tenure as a director, and we wish to thank him for his wisdom and support." Dr. Brody responded, "I am sorry that I have to resign at this point, but it has been gratifying to witness Avistar's development, and I wish the Company great success as it pursues the propagation of video technology throughout businesses and organizations." About Avistar Communications Corporation Avistar develops, markets and supports the Avistar vBusiness(TM) integrated suite of video-enabled applications, all powered by the AvistarVOS(TM) software. Avistar integrates video communications into day-to-day business process applications. From the desktop, Avistar delivers TV-quality video calling, recording, publishing, video-on-demand, broadcast, and document sharing. Founded in 1993, Avistar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: AVSR) is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California Redwood Shores is an upscale and desirable [1] waterfront neighborhood on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is located on the eastern edge of Belmont, but is actually part of incorporated Redwood City. , with sales offices in New York and London. Collaboration Properties, Inc Collaboration Properties, Inc. (CPI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avistar Communications Corporation. It holds US and foreign patents in the primary areas of presence-based interactions, desktop video, recorded and live media at the desktop, multimedia documents, data sharing, ., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Avistar Communications Corporation, holds a broad portfolio of patents covering the AvistarVOS platform as well as multiple software and hardware video collaboration products. Avistar, Avistar vBusiness, AvistarVOS, and the Avistar logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avistar Communications Corporation. |
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