Packet8, 8x8, Inc. Awarded New Patent Related to video Communication Systems

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The Patent is for video communication involving monitoring and security applications over communication networks.
The new patent, U.S. Patent No. 7,202,884, issued April 10, 2007 and is titled "Surveillance Method and System." Amongst the 37 allowed claims is claim #1 which reads:

1. A surveillance system comprising:

* a first communications system communicatively coupled and
adapted to deliver a request for image data;
* a second communications system communicatively coupled and
adapted to transmit image data;
* a programmable surveillance system including a first computer
arrangement for processing data including image data, and
including a camera configured and arranged to capture images,
wherein the captured images are processed as data by the first
computer arrangement, and wherein the programmable system is
configured and arranged to receive the request for image data
from the first communications system, and, in response to the
request, to automatically access and deliver image data to the
second communications system;
* and a second computer arrangement for communicatively coupling
with the second communications system, and for processing data
including image data, and configured and arranged to retrieve
image data delivered by the first computer arrangement.


Since its establishment in 1987, 8x8 has been awarded sixty-seven (67) United States patents covering a variety of voice and video communications technologies.

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