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Multi-location television conference system

  • US 5,323,445 A
  • Filed: 03/05/1992
  • Issued: 06/21/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A multi-location conference system comprising:

  • a plurality of conference terminals performing input and output of conference data consisting of video and audio signals;

    a conference device which is connected to said plurality of conference terminals and which includes means for holding conferences between said plurality of conference terminals by processing conference data sent to said conference device from said plurality of conference terminals to produce synthetic conference data and sending said synthetic conference data to said plurality of conference terminals, wherein said conference device is further provided with a conference table storing conference information for the conference terminals participating in conferences being held; and

    a reservation center operably connected to said conference device for registering conference terminal information in said conference table and deleting conference terminal information from said conference table at times designated in accordance with reserved conference information collected in advance for the respective conferences, thereby controlling automatically starting and ending of each of the conferences.

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