Patent ID: 7539504
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for providing wireless collaboration between a first person and a second person over a network, the system comprising: a management console disposed with the first person, the management console for compressing video and audio generated by the first person and transmitting the compressed video and audio over the network; a portable wireless unit disposed with the second person at a location remote to the management console, the portable wireless unit for wirelessly receiving decompressed video and audio generated by the first person and rendering the decompressed video and audio to the second person; and a presence server disposed for wirelessly relaying video and audio communications from the network to the portable wireless unit, the presence server for receiving from the network compressed video and audio generated by the first person, decompressing the compressed video and audio, and wirelessly transmitting the decompressed video and audio to the portable wireless unit.