Kenneth W Schachter

US Patent:

62196952, Apr 17, 2001

Filed:

Sep 16, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/931204

Inventors:

Karl M. Guttag - Plano TX
Susan Kay Duyka Harrison - Richmond TX
Kenneth W. Schachter - Wantagh NY

Assignee:

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

International Classification:

G06F 1516

US Classification:

709217

Abstract:

An audiovisual communications configuration comprising an interface (28) for receiving from a computer (10) a video signal output by video circuitry (15) of the computer. In this context, the video signal is output by the video circuitry of the computer for displaying an image on a first screen display (18), and the computer includes a microprocessor (15). The audiovisual communications configuration further includes circuitry (64, 66, 68, 70) for coupling a video data signal to a telephone line (40). This circuitry for coupling a video data signal is controllable independently from the microprocessor. The video data signal is representative of the video signal output by the video circuitry. Moreover, the video data signal is configured to be received from the telephone line and decoded to display an image on a second screen display (42) remote from the first screen display. Lastly, the image on the second screen display is representative of the image on the first screen display.