Patents by Inventor Alexander J. G. Beck

Alexander J. G. Beck has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7920158
    Abstract: An integrated communications system is provided wherein video conferencing is conducted and participants sharing a video resource may be identified. Application of the present invention is particularly suited for videoconferencing when there are a plurality of communication endpoints, and at least one of the communication endpoints includes multiple participants at the shared video resource. A video or audio processing technique takes place to identify locations of conference participants at the communication endpoints. Each participant has an assigned RFID identifier during the conference. The RFID identifiers are interrogated by an RFID reader that downloads data from the identifiers to the system. The gathered RFID data is then matched with the processed video or audio data in order to identify each of the conference participants. A user interface is provided to allow the participants to view the other remote participants along with the identifying data of the remote participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander J. G. Beck, Andrew W. Lang, Paul Thomas McNamara, David Preshan Thambiratnam, James K. Wan