Avistar Awarded Patent for Synchronization of Slides and Text with Audio or Video Streams; 65th Patent Expands Intellectual Property Portfolio.REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- 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 ), a provider of business video collaboration solutions, and 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, . (CPI (1) (Characters Per Inch) The measurement of the density of characters per inch on tape or paper. A printer's CPI button switches character pitch. (2) (Counts Per I ), its wholly owned intellectual property subsidiary, today announced that CPI has been granted its 65th patent. This patent relates to the synchronization of slides, text, and other static media with recorded audio and video streams. US Patent No. 6,789,105, issued September 7th , 2004, encompasses the creation of multimedia documents including real-time video with time-insensitive (non real-time) media such as text or fixed graphics. Real-time video may be recorded from a workstation, in a studio, or via other facilities, and can be combined with time-insensitive media such as text, slides, and graphics created separately. The patent covers combined slide and video presentations, multimedia mail, and other types of multimedia documents involving text or images, and recorded video or audio, which play without user intervention. (For full details of the patent and claims, see www.uspto.gov). "This latest patent further demonstrates the broad range of capabilities covered by the CPI portfolio," said Dr. Anton F. Rodde, president, Collaboration Properties Inc. "By expanding our intellectual property foundation, we bring more value to potential partnerships as we work to build relationships and expand the rich-media marketplace." Users of Avistar's system can record video from any endpoint, including desktop or room endpoints. In addition to video-on-demand playback, recordings can be published and combined with text and graphics to create multimedia documents. Avistar customers can send video email (vBriefs(TM)) to clients where recorded clips are embedded in an informational template and include text and attachments. Customers also record video clips which are synchronized with PowerPoint, static presentations, and graphics in multimedia documents to enhance information being posted to web sites or sent to clients and internal teams. This new patent complements two U.S. patents issued earlier to CPI, numbers 5,915,091 and 5,978,835, where audio and video are recorded at the same time as shared text or graphics. This latest patent thus broadens CPI's portfolio relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc multimedia documents and recording. Other patents in CPI's extensive portfolio cover the core videoconferencing functionalities and designs included within the AvistarVOS(TM) video operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and Avistar's networked video collaboration products See collaborative software. . CPI is actively seeking to expand the use of video technologies through the licensing of its extensive intellectual property portfolio to companies in the video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , rich media, and related industries. Inquiries regarding CPI's licensing program may be directed to Paul Carmichael, Primary Licensing Advisor, by arrangement with Amanda Redd of CPI, at 650-610-2900. About Avistar Communications Corporation Avistar develops, markets and supports video collaboration solutions for the enterprise, all powered by the AvistarVOS software. From the desktop, Avistar delivers TV-quality video calling, recording, publishing to web and emails, video-on-demand, broadcast, and document sharing See data conferencing. . Avistar delivers on vBusiness -- video-enabling business -- by integrating visual communications into the daily workflow and connecting communities of users within and across enterprises. By offering both IP and circuit-switched products, which are fully interoperable, Avistar provides customers with a unique choice of how they implement high-quality video. Founded in 1993, Avistar Communications Corporation 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 New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and London. Avistar's technology is used in more than 35 countries. Collaboration Properties, Inc., 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. For more information, visit www.avistar.com. Copyright (c) 2004 Avistar Communications Corporation. All rights reserved. Avistar, AvistarVOS, vBrief, and the Avistar logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avistar Communications Corporation |
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