Avistar Receives Broad Video Transport Patent.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2001 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 the issuance of the 26th networked video collaboration patent to 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. U.S. Patent No. 6,212,547 broadly addresses the combined transport of video and data collaboration over unshielded twisted pair See twisted pair. (hardware) unshielded twisted pair - (UTP) Normal telephone wire (in the USA). It may be used for computer to computer communications, e.g. using a version of Ethernet or localtalk. It is much cheaper than standard "full-spec" Ethernet cable. (UTP UTP (uridine triphosphate): see uracil. (Unshielded Twisted Pair) See twisted pair. UTP - unshielded twisted pair ) wiring. Avistar's extensive portfolio of patents covers its VOS An operating system used in Stratus computers. FTX is Stratus' Unix operating system. (TM) video operating system and networked video collaboration products including desktop video service integration, call control, directories, user interface features, desktop hardware configurations, multimedia conference recording, synchronized data/AV playback, premises networking, and shared collaboration services facilities in multi-tenant buildings. The latest patent addresses the typical premises distribution transport for combined desktop video and data collaboration systems and applications. "This UTP transport patent represents an important milestone in providing broad coverage for enterprise-wide desktop networked video collaboration," said William Campbell, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CPI. "We intend to license our suite of patents to companies who desire to have access to Avistar's services-rich, transport-independent VOS(TM) video operating system and applications." "Patent No. 6,212,547 is another important element in Avistar's partnership and licensing program," said Dr. Gerald Burnett, CEO of Avistar Communications. "We're pleased with this important event because, as CPI expands its patent portfolio, Avistar moves closer to its goal of establishing its VOS operating system as the standard in enterprise video." Inquiries regarding CPI's licensing program may be directed to Paul Carmichael, primary licensing advisor, by arrangement with Amanda Redd, 650/610-2900. Avistar Communications Corporation Avistar develops, markets and supports video-enabled communications networks, which are helping transform how people collaborate. The Avistar product line includes a seamless, integrated suite of video and data collaboration applications, all managed by Avistar's VOS(TM) video operating system. From a desktop, the system delivers high quality interactive video calling, content creation and publishing, broadcast video, video-on-demand, and integrated data sharing. Based on an open software platform and leveraging video, telephony and Internet networking standards, the Avistar network is scalable, reliable, cost effective, easy to use and designed to evolve with changing technologies. 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 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 , Dallas and London. Avistar Systems Corporation and Collaboration Properties, Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries 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. Collaboration Properties develops and holds patents on a wide range of networked video software and hardware. For more information on Avistar, visit www.avistar.com. Forward Looking Statements This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements concerning product and strategic development plans. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including such factors, among others, as the impact of competitive products and pricing, uncertainties relating to production efficiencies and technological approaches, dependence on collaborative partners, the ability to enter into new distribution agreements and the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Note to Editors: Avistar, VOS, the Avistar logo, and Avistar Systems are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avistar Communications Corporation. All other names used are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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