Abstract: A tele-presence system that includes a portable robot face coupled to a remote station. The robot face includes a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone. The remote station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The portable robot face can be attached to a platform mounted to the ceiling of an ambulance. The portable robot face can be used by a physician at the remote station to provide remote medical consultation. When the patient is moved from the ambulance the portable robot face can be detached from the platform and moved with the patient.

Abstract: An improved method for generating text by using snippets of existing text and providing a command structure allowing a user to cut and paste from existing text.

Abstract: Methods and systems for using a portable device with communication capability and motion detection to act as an emergency alert system by detecting shaking of the device and taking appropriate actions are disclosed. The portable device may take independent action such as calling a telephone number or sending a message when the shaking alert is activated. The portable device may also communicate with an emergency alert server to take various configured emergency actions in response to a shaking event.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments of systems and methods that may be utilized in a variety of videoconferencing applications. According to various embodiments, techniques may be utilized to dynamically allocate and adjust bandwidth utilization during a videoconferencing session. A data network may allow for the transmission of data between two or more endpoints. The data exchanged between the endpoints may include video data, audio data, control data, and status data. Control data may be utilized in various embodiments to operate a robotic videoconferencing endpoint. Accordingly, various components of a data network connecting videoconferencing endpoints may transmit data wirelessly.

Abstract: An improved method for encoding and decoding data, such as in a base64 system, uses multiple look-up tables to perform the encoding function and to eliminate or reduce bit-shifting and the bit masks in encoding systems through use of pre-populated look-up tables. One example application is converting between media data that is typically quickly viewable on a media device and ASCII or similar data useful in data transfers, such as email. In specific embodiments, a series of pre-fetch encode and decode tables are constructed and indexed to fetch pre-calculated values to, for example, rapidly encode and decode any number of bit representations into any other bit representations.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an image server surveillance system provide for as control and coordination of cameras that may be widely deployed, analyzing data from multiple cameras, making data available in such a way that it can be efficiently transmitted over a network and can be easily displayed to potentially a large number of users, and displaying and controlling image data by existing client software.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an image server surveillance system provide for as control and coordination of cameras that may be widely deployed, analyzing data from multiple cameras, making data available in such a way that it can be efficiently transmitted over a network and can be easily displayed to potentially a large number of users, and displaying and controlling image data by existing client software.

Abstract: An method and/or apparatus for representing and/or operating on numerical values in binary systems whereby numerical values having integer and fractional portions are stored in non-contiguous memory locations.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an image server surveillance system provide for as control and coordination of cameras that may be widely deployed, analyzing data from multiple cameras, making data available in such a way that it can be efficiently transmitted over a network and can be easily displayed to potentially a large number of users, and displaying and controlling image data by existing client software.

Abstract: An improved method for determining character codes for a numerical value retrieves two or more character codes for each iteration of the method.

Abstract: A variable length cache system keeps track of the amount of available space on an output device. The capacity of the cache system is continuously increased so long as it is less than the available output space on the output unit. Once the size of the cache system exceeds the available output space on the output unit, which is less than the total space available on the output unit by a predetermined amount, the contents of the cache memory are flushed or written to the output device and the size of the cache memory is reduced to zero.