Browse by Attribute
Browse by Column

Avistar Receives US Patent for Text and Video Instant Message

2009/02/10

Avistar Communications Corporation, a leader in unified visual communications solutions, announced in a press release the grant of its 97th patent.

 

Issued February 3, 2009, US Patent Number 7,487,210 relates to instant message (IM) systems supporting both text IM and video IM over the Internet. The new US patent additionally involves logging in from an arbitrary communication device and providing popular IM buddy list features.

 

Since September 2008, the company has received 14 patents, adding valuable coverage involving text IM, VoIP, desktop video conferencing. These patents add to Avistar’s significant patents covering key aspects of  real-time communications including wireless, mobile devices, buddy list directories, VoIP, video, and communications servers used to provide these services.

 

“Avistar’s commitment to research and development means that our customers continue to get the latest technology, allowing us to set the pace for the industry,” Avistar CEO Simon Moss said.

 

“We believe our patent portfolio represents the world’s most comprehensive and deepest IP holdings in this rapidly growing commercial area. Avistar intends to continue innovating and developing cutting-edge high-value technology on behalf of our clients and protecting those innovations with the patent system,” he concluded.

 

SOURCE:AGIPNEWS
 





Click Ranking

People watch


Chen Jun: Accumulation and Sublimation
It is lucky for Chen Jun to began his career in the IP industry 14 years ago when the first group of IP managers for businesses appeared on the stage in China and he has been in the industry.

Foxconn in Those Years
It was this “Whampoa Military Academy” for IP that educated China’s first batch of corporate IP management personnel. Many of these engineers left Foxconn in the years since.

more
2018 ANNUAL INVENTORY OF THE The Progress and Challenges of Copyright Industry in China Interview with Cheng Lingjun, Intellectual Property Director of Joyoung Co., Ltd. Interview with Chen Lingpei, General Manager of IP Division, Autodesk, Inc. (Greater China) Constant Accumulation Makes theLatecomers Surpass—Interview with Huang Lu, Director of IP Center of Humanwell Healthcare Between Lawyer and Manager —Interview with Xia Feng, the Chief IP Counsel of Greater China & Asia-Pacific, Honeywell (China) Patent Prosecution Highway and its Application Overview of EU copyright levy system – in the case of mobile phones