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Videoconferencing method and system for connecting a host with a plurality of participants

  • US 20060001738A1
  • Filed: 07/18/2005
  • Published: 01/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for use in a system comprising a network coupling a first party with a plurality of parties, one of the plurality of parties comprising a second party, the method comprising:

  • (a) receiving a request from the second party via the World Wide Web;

    (b) transmitting video of the first party to the second party, wherein the second party does not receive its own video and does not receive video of the other parties of the plurality of parties;

    (c) transmitting video of the second party to the first party, wherein the first party does not receive its own video and does not receive video of the other parties of the plurality of parties; and

    (d) transmitting combined video of the first and second parties to the other parties of the plurality of parties.

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