Multi-point videoconference system having a fixed control station for data transfer

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PATENT NO 5821985
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08948488

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A plurality of local stations each respectively have terminal equipment for coding in a compressing manner and multiplexing audio data, video data and cnotrol data of the local station to obtain a first multiplex data, and demultiplexing and decoding in a decompressing manner a second multiplex data input thereto from a control station connected by a communication line to the local station. The control station has a multi-point videoconference controller for responding to the control data in the first multiplex data from any local station to process the first multiplex data from a selected station, to generate the second multiplex data to be transmitted to each of other local stations than the selected station. The second multiplex data to the other local stations includes the audio data and the video data in the first multiplex data from the selected station.

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NEC ENGINEERING LIMITED10-27 HIGASHISHINAGAWA 4-CHOME SHINAGAWA-KU TOKYO 140-0002

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Iizawa, Junichi Tokyo, JP 4 148

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