Computer conference system with video phone connecting function
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByung-Do Mun, Kyun-Hoe Park
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Abstract
A video conference system used in home automation for performing audio and video conferencing between a personal computer and a video phone as well as remote conference system. The personal computer stores audio/video information of the visitor supplied from the video phone and automatically connects with the remote conference system in response to a bell signal input of the visitor. A subsystem is installed in the video phone for supplying audio/video data of the visitor to a main control system for receiving audio/video information transmitted from the remote conference system over a communication network.
Claims11
A computer conference system for establishing two way audio and video conferencing between a computer, connected to a video phone, and a remote conference system over a communication network, the computer conference system comprising:
- a main control system for storing audio/video information of a visitor supplied from the video phone and for automatically connecting the computer to the remote conference system at a remote location over a communication network in response to a bell signal input by the visitor via the video phone;
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- a subsystem for supplying audio/video information of the visitor to the main control system and for receiving audio/video information transmitted from the remote conference system over said communication network to the visitor via the video phone;
- wherein said main control system detects a bell signal generated by the video phone when a visitor presses a bell button of the video phone, and checks whether the computer system is in use;
- when the computer system is in use, said main control system causes the computer system to enter a remote conference mode;
- when the computer system is not in use, said main control system wakes up the computer system, and determines whether the computer system is set to the remote conference mode;
- when the computer system is set to the remote conference mode, said main control system enters a predetermined remote connection routine for automatically establishing video and audio conferencing with the remote conference system over said communication network;
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- when the computer system is not set in the remote conference mode, said main control system stores the video/audio information of the visitor supplied from the video phone system in a memory.
A method of performing video and audio conferencing between a computer system connected to a video phone and a remote computer conference system over a communication network, said method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a bell signal generated by the video phone when a visitor presses a bell button of the video phone;
- checking whether the computer system is in use;
- when the computer system is in use, causing the computer system to enter a remote conference mode;
- when the computer system is not in use, waking up the computer system, and determining whether the computer system is set to the remote conference mode;
- when the computer system is set to the remote conference mode, entering a predetermined remote connection routine for automatically establishing video and audio conferencing with the remote conference system over said communication network;
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- when the computer system is not set to the remote conference mode, storing video/audio information of the visitor supplied from a memory in the video phone.
A two way video conference system, comprising:
- a subsystem for generating digitized audio/video signal of a visitor based on input of audio/video signal from a video phone;
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- a main control system for storing audio/video information of the visitor supplied from the subsystem and for connecting a computer system to a remote conference system located at a remote site over a communication network, said main control system including a remote connector for transmitting audio/video data received from the subsystem to the remote conference system in response to a bell signal input by the visitor via the video phone;
- wherein said main control system detects a bell signal generated by the video phone when a visitor presses a bell button of the video phone, and checks whether the computer system is in use;
- when the computer system is in use, said main control system causes the computer system to enter a remote conference mode;
- when the computer system is not in use, said main control system wakes-up the computer system, and determines whether the computer system is set to the remote conference mode;
- when the computer system is set to the remote conference mode, said main control system enters a predetermined remote connection routine for automatically establishing video and audio conferencing with the remote conference system over said communication network;
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- when the computer system is not set in the remote conference mode, said main control system stores the video/audio information of the visitor supplied from the video phone system in a memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.