Arthur R Snowdon

56730802, Sep 30, 1997

Oct 15, 1996

8/729197

John T. Biggs - Ocean County NJ
Diane G. Landante - East Brunswick NJ
Sandra C. Milstead - Clarksburg NJ
Dale L. Skran - Marlboro NJ
Arthur R. Snowdon - Tinton Falls NJ

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

H04N 715
H04M 1100

348 15

Methods of establishing multimedia conferences between a multimedia server and a plurality of endpoint devices. One or more of these endpoint devices are enhanced in that they include a memory adapted to store one or more telephone numbers, each telephone number corresponding to a respective endpoint device, and a user interface coupled to the memory for selecting a telephone number stored in the memory. The methods are performed in a substantially continuous manner, signifying that a third endpoint device is added to a preexisting conference between a first and a second endpoint device without substantially interrupting this preexisting conference. Therefore, a seamless multimedia conference is provided between the first and second enhanced endpoint devices even when a third endpoint device is added to the conference.

55550177, Sep 10, 1996

Jul 8, 1994

8/272349

Diane G. Landante - East Brunswick NJ
Dale L. Skran - Marlboro NJ
Arthur R. Snowdon - Tinton Falls NJ

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

H04M 1100
H04N 715

348 15

Techniques are disclosed for controlling the communication of multimedia electronic signals representing audio, video, and/or data. These techniques operate in conjunction with a system including a network and a plurality of endpoint devices connected to the network. A novel MMS is coupled to the network and is equipped to utilize the network such that multimedia signals may be exchanged among a plurality of endpoint devices, thereby providing a multimedia conference. A Multi-Media Server (MMS) provides a multimedia conference independently, such that the reservation system utilized by existing multimedia conferencing system is no longer required. The conference is initiated by a multimedia endpoint that is equipped with a user interface device for encoding user input as BAS signals. The MMS is responsive to BAS DTMF commands issued by endpoint devices to implement multimedia conferences.

56254075, Apr 29, 1997

Jul 8, 1994

8/272503

John T. Biggs - Bricktown NJ
Diane G. Landante - East Brunswick NJ
Sandra C. Milstead - Clarksburg NJ
Dale L. Skran - Marlboro NJ
Arthur R. Snowdon - Tinton Falls NJ

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

H04N 715
H04M 1100

348 16

Techniques are disclosed for controlling the communication of multimedia electronic signals representing audio, video, and/or data. These techniques operate in conjunction with a system including a network, a multimedia server (MMS) connected to the network, and a plurality of endpoint devices connected to the network. The network is comprised of communications links and switches adapted for selectively connecting and disconnecting the communications links. The endpoint devices are adapted for converting multimedia electronic signals into audio, video, and/or data. The MMS is equipped to control the network such that multimedia signals may be exchanged among a plurality of endpoint devices, thereby providing a multimedia conference.

40705927, Jan 24, 1978

Oct 8, 1976

5/731059

Arthur E. Snowdon - Bristol CT
Albert Palmero - Wallingford CT

The Superior Electric Company - Bristol CT

H02K 3700

310 49R

A stepping motor for providing movement in accordance with a repeating three step sequence with the third step being effected by a permanent magnet field and with the other two steps being effected by sequential sole energization of a pair of windings. The third step position constitutes the deenergized rest position of the motor.