Avistar Receives Presence and Directory Patent; New Patent Available Through Avistar Licensing Program.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 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 leading provider of enterprise video communication solutions, today announced the grant of a 29th 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. 6,237,025 addresses collaboration directories and "presence-based" (also called "find-me/follow-me") calling features, which have become key in allowing seamless use of networked video communications. Avistar will make this patent available to potential partners through its licensing program for collaborative video intellectual property. This new patent is a key addition to Avistar's extensive portfolio, which covers its VOS An operating system used in Stratus computers. FTX is Stratus' Unix operating system. (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 networked video collaboration products See collaborative software. . Avistar's patents cover 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. These patents are independent of video transport and compression standards and focus on technologies that provide the quality, reliability and ease-of-use needed in networked video communications. "Avistar was the first to implement and patent many features that have become essential to the adoption of networked video as the new way of communicating," 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 are actively involved in our partnership-oriented licensing program that offers all players the benefit of our intellectual property wealth." "This latest confirmation by the U.S. Patent Office is another key milestone in Avistar's long series of fundamental innovations and brings us one step closer to our goal of establishing our VOS software as the industry standard in video communications," said Dr. Gerald Burnett, CEO of Avistar. "We look forward to working with companies that want access to our enterprise-class, transport-independent video operating system and unique integrated suite of applications." Inquiries regarding CPI's licensing program may be directed to Paul Carmichael, primary licensing advisor, by arrangement with Amanda Redd, 650/610-2900. About Avistar Communications Corporation Avistar develops, markets and supports a comprehensive suite of networked video communication services for the enterprise. From the desktop, Avistar delivers TV-quality interactive video calling, content creation and publishing, broadcast origination and distribution, video-on-demand, and integrated data sharing. The Avistar video and data collaboration applications are all managed by Avistar's VOS(TM) video operating system. 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 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 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 holds a broad portfolio of patents covering Avistar's VOS open platform as well as a wide range of software and hardware video collaboration products. For more information on Avistar, visit www.avistar.com. 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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