IP Library Granted Patent US 8,279,254
Granted Patent B2
US 8,279,254 · App. 12/182,019 · Granted Oct 2, 2012

Method and system for video conferencing in a virtual environment

Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG
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Patent No.
US 8,279,254
App. No.
12/182,019
Granted
Oct 2, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to some embodiments, a method and a system are provided to receive a first video signal at a first client and to receive a second video signal at a second client. The first video signal comprises an image of a first person and the second video signal comprises an image of a second person. The received first video signal and an image of a conference room are combined at the first client to create a first modified video signal comprising the image of the first person in the conference room. The received second video signal and the image of the conference room are combined at the second client to create a second modified video signal comprising the image of the second person in the conference room.

Claims (18)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a first video signal at a first client, the first video signal comprising an image of a first person;

receiving a second video signal at a second client, the second video signal comprising an image of a second person; combining the received first video signal and an image of a conference room at the first client to create a first modified video signal comprising the image of the first person in the conference room; and

combining the received second video signal and the image of the conference room at the second client to create a second modified video signal comprising the image of the second person in the conference room; and

wherein the first client further receives a third video signal comprising an image of a third person, and wherein combining the received first video signal, the received third video signal and an image of a conference room at the first client creates a third modified video signal comprising the image of the first person and an image of the third person in the conference room.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

modifying the first modified video signal to change a perspective associated with the first modified video signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first modified video signal comprises an image of the third person and does not comprise an image of the second person.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first client and the second client comprises a laptop computer.

5. A system comprising:

a first client device to:

receive a first video signal, the first video signal comprising an image of a first person; and

combine the received first video signal and an image of a conference room to create a first modified video signal comprising the image of the first person in the conference room; and

a second client device to:

receive a second video signal, the second video signal comprising an image of a second person; combining the received second video signal and the image of the conference room to create a second modified video signal comprising the image of the second person in the conference room; and

wherein the first client device is to further receive a third video signal comprising an image of a third person, and wherein combining the received first video signal, the received third video signal and an image of a conference room at the first client creates a third modified video signal comprising the image of the first person and an image of the third person in the conference room.

6. The system of claim 5 , further comprising:

modifying the first modified video signal to change a perspective associated with the first modified video signal, wherein the modified first modified video signal comprises an image of the third person and does not comprise an image of the second person.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2023
From: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062973/0194 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2022
From: RINGCENTRAL IP HOLDINGS, INC.
To: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 058822/0059 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2022
From: UNIFY PATENTE GMBH & CO. KG
To: RINGCENTRAL IP HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058819/0915 →
CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 22, 2020
From: UNIFY GMBH & CO. KG
To: UNIFY PATENTE GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 054828/0640 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 8, 2014
From: SIEMENS ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH & CO. KG
To: UNIFY GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 034537/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2008
From: SIEMENS TECHNOLOGY-TO-BUSINESS CENTER, LLC
To: SIEMENS ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 021779/0449 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2008
From: GOOSE, STUART; HU, JINHUI; SHER, MARK; WYNBLATT, MICHAEL
To: SIEMENS TECHNOLOGY-TO-BUSINESS CENTER, LLC
Reel/Frame 021670/0059 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 60963212 · Aug 2, 2007
Provisional Application 61079184 · Jul 9, 2008
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