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System and method for providing videoconferencing services

  • US 5,796,424 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1996
  • Issued: 08/18/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A videoconferencing system comprising:

  • a plurality of videoconferencing user stations, each user station including a video camera, a microphone, a video display, and a speaker;

    a plurality of videoconferencing user station controllers, each of said controllers at one of said videoconferencing user stations controlling said video camera, microphone, video display and speaker and including control applications for controlling signaling and broadband contents information flow to and from said videoconferencing user station; and

    a broadband switching network, said network including;

    a broadband session controller for communicating with each of said videoconferencing user stations; and

    a broadband service control point connected to said broadband session controller, said control point including a database having broadband processing records having information specific to said videoconferencing user stations and a processor for accessing said processing records and for sending to said broadband session controller processing information specific to a user station in response to a trigger;

    said broadband session controller including;

    means responsive to a videoconferencing request from a calling user station for requesting processing instructions from said broadband service control point;

    means responsive to said processing instructions for sending a videoconferencing service request to the videoconferencing user station controller of a called user station; and

    means for establishing a broadband connection between said videoconferencing user station controllers of said calling and said called user stations in response to an accept signal from said called user station videoconferencing controller.

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