Multipoint television conference system with a multipoint control unit for registering information about TV conference rooms and room groups and allowing a selected room to participate in the TV conference based on registered information
First Claim
1. A multipoint television conference system for holding television conferences among television conference rooms (20-1, 20-2, - - - 20-n) by using a multipoint control unit (1) connected with the television conference rooms through a communication network (3), said multipoint television conference system comprising:
- registration means (14) provided in the multipoint control unit, for registering room names of the television conference rooms and group names of groups into which the television conference rooms are divided;
control means (15) provided in the multipoint control unit, for reading the room names of the television conference rooms not participating in the television conferences, from said registration means and transmitting the read room names to the television conference rooms requiring to hold the television conferences, and for reading the group names from said registration means and transmitting the read group names to the television conference rooms requesting to participate in the television conferences, andoperation means (30) provided in the television conference rooms respectively, for receiving and displaying the room names which are produced at said control means and transmitted from the multipoint control unit and selecting a designated room name from the displayed room names, and for receiving and displaying the group names which are produced at said control means and transmitted from the multipoint control unit and selecting a designated group name from the displayed group names.
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Abstract
A multipont TV conference system including a multipoint control unit connected with TV conference rooms through a communication network. The multipoint control unit includes: a register for registering names of TV conference rooms and groups, telephone numbers and seats of the rooms and flags indicating the room of a TV conference promoter, the room selected for participating the TV conference and the room not corresponding to calls from the multipoint control unit; and a control unit to control process, performed among the rooms by using registered matter in the register and images of the rooms, for selecting the room and the group, holding a TV conference, participating in a TV conference, intermediately participating in the TV conference and prohibiting the room not participating in a TV conference from observing images of and listening voice in other rooms under holding TV conferences.
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8 Claims
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1. A multipoint television conference system for holding television conferences among television conference rooms (20-1, 20-2, - - - 20-n) by using a multipoint control unit (1) connected with the television conference rooms through a communication network (3), said multipoint television conference system comprising:
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registration means (14) provided in the multipoint control unit, for registering room names of the television conference rooms and group names of groups into which the television conference rooms are divided; control means (15) provided in the multipoint control unit, for reading the room names of the television conference rooms not participating in the television conferences, from said registration means and transmitting the read room names to the television conference rooms requiring to hold the television conferences, and for reading the group names from said registration means and transmitting the read group names to the television conference rooms requesting to participate in the television conferences, and operation means (30) provided in the television conference rooms respectively, for receiving and displaying the room names which are produced at said control means and transmitted from the multipoint control unit and selecting a designated room name from the displayed room names, and for receiving and displaying the group names which are produced at said control means and transmitted from the multipoint control unit and selecting a designated group name from the displayed group names. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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