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US 6,271,805 B1Granted
Communication apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroki Yonezawa
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Abstract
In order to improve the operability in selectively outputting image data from a plurality of desired terminals of a plurality of video transmission terminals, a plurality of desired terminals of the plurality of video transmission terminals are designated, and the plurality of desired terminals are formed into a group. A symbol corresponding to the group is generated. Image data received from the plurality of desired terminals are output to a monitor in accordance with access to the symbol.
Claims33
A communication apparatus comprising:
- designating means for designating a plurality of desired terminals of a plurality of video transmission terminals;
- generating means for forming said plurality of desired terminals into a group and generating a symbol representing said group;
- operating means for operating the symbol;
- and
- output means for outputting image data received from said plurality of desired terminals included in said group to a monitor in accordance with the operation of the symbol.
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A communication method comprising the steps of:
- designating a plurality of desired terminals of a plurality of video transmission terminals;
- forming said plurality of desired terminals into a group and generating a symbol representing said group;
- operating the symbol;
- and
- outputting image data received from said plurality of desired terminals included in said group to a monitor in accordance with the operation of the symbol.
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An article of manufacture comprising:
- a computer readable medium having computer usable program code embodied therein, said computer usable program code containing executable instructions that when executed, cause a computer to perform the steps of:
- designating a plurality of desired terminals of a plurality of video transmission terminals;
- forming said plurality of desired terminals into a group and generating a symbol representing said group;
- operating the symbol;
- and
- outputting image data received from said plurality of desired terminals included in said group to a monitor in accordance with the operation of the symbol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.