Patents Assigned to VTEL PRODUCTS CORPORATION, INC.
  • Publication number: 20150130888
    Abstract: A local video conference system executing a video conference application, that lacks an ability or functionality to control a remote camera of a remote video conference system, can display video from the remote video conference system. The local video conference system can also execute a controller application that can provide the local video conference system control of the remote camera. The controller application can receive user input that selects a region of multiple regions of a display window of the video conference application indicating a camera action for the remote camera, can determine a camera action based on the user input and the selected region, and can provide the camera action to the remote video conference system via a network. The remote video conference system can pan, tilt, and/or zoom the remote camera based on the camera action received from the controller application of the local video conference system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: VTEL PRODUCTS CORPORATION, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Bowen, William Todd Clayton, Richard P. Ford
  • Patent number: 8970653
    Abstract: A local video conference system executing a video conference application, that lacks an ability or functionality to control a remote camera of a remote video conference system, can display video from the remote video conference system. The local video conference system can also execute a controller application that can provide the local video conference system control of the remote camera. The controller application can receive user input that selects a region of multiple regions of a display window of the video conference application indicating a camera action for the remote camera, can determine a camera action based on the user input and the selected region, and can provide the camera action to the remote video conference system via a network. The remote video conference system can pan, tilt, and/or zoom the remote camera based on the camera action received from the controller application of the local video conference system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: VTEL Products Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Bowen, William Todd Clayton, Richard P. Ford
  • Publication number: 20120320141
    Abstract: A local video conference system executing a video conference application, that lacks an ability or functionality to control a remote camera of a remote video conference system, can display video from the remote video conference system. The local video conference system can also execute a controller application that can provide the local video conference system control of the remote camera. The controller application can receive user input that selects a region of multiple regions of a display window of the video conference application indicating a camera action for the remote camera, can determine a camera action based on the user input and the selected region, and can provide the camera action to the remote video conference system via a network. The remote video conference system can pan, tilt, and/or zoom the remote camera based on the camera action received from the controller application of the local video conference system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: VTEL PRODUCTS CORPORATION, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Bowen, William Todd Clayton