Avistar Communications, a provider of video conferencing and communications services, announced that it has been granted two new U.S. patents: 7,398,296, issued on 08/08/08 and 7,412,482, issued on 08/12/08. These patents further expand Avistar’s intellectual property coverage in the areas of login-based Voice over IP services, video conferencing and text-based instant messaging.
Avistar, currently holds 82 patents covering presence-based interactions, wireless communications, desktop video, recorded and live media at the desktop, instant messaging, multimedia documents, data sharing and service-rich video network architectures. The two new patents cover systems and methods for login-based routing of real-time communications, such as text instant messaging, VoIP and two-way video conferencing.
Avistar CEO, Simon Moss:
Basically, these two patents are designed to accommodate the way people communicate today, while addressing further convergence in the future. Without them, you would need a number of ways to reach colleagues, depending on the device and location they’re using — such as on a mobile phone, in the office or traveling with a laptop. These two patents enable users to click one button to contact another person and find that person no matter what device he or she is using or where he or she is. These two patents are significant to both the industry and Avistar for two key reasons. First, they describe the use of real-time text and audio, not just video. And they have a priority date of October 1993.
Avistar’s active licensing program makes its intellectual property available to potential partners and licensees. Inquiries for licensing these or any other Avistar patents may be directed to Paul D. Carmichael, Esq., (408) 252-7927.
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