Pixion Awarded Definitive Patent for its PictureTalk
WebConferencing Solution
Pixion’s Robust Client-Server-Client
Architecture Delivers Secure, Scalable, Cost-Effective Interactive
Meetings
Pleasanton, CA, April 2, 2002 – Pixion, Inc., the world leader in Client-Server-Client™ (CSC)
Web conferencing solutions, today announced
that it has been awarded a patent for its CSC technology.
This broad-reaching patent, which
covers key aspects of real-time multi-point,
multi-speed, multi-stream scalability for computer conferencing systems,
is the cornerstone
of Pixion’s PictureTalk™ Web conferencing solution. PictureTalk
is the only native cross-platform CSC Web
conferencing solution, offering superior ROI, flexibility and scalability
compared with
existing peer-to-peer and traditional client-server
Web conferencing technologies.
“PictureTalk represents a new approach to interactive, Web-based communications – one that strives to make Web conferencing as easy, cost-effective and ubiquitous as e-mail,” said Robert DeKoning, president and CEO of Pixion. “Designed to be a logical extension of an organization’s
communication infrastructure, PictureTalk
allows companies to recoup their investment within months, and delivers
continuous cost savings
by improving employee productivity, minimizing
travel requirements, and by eliminating the recurring costs of conducting
meetings via
conventional hosted solutions.”
The intelligence built into Pixion’s PictureTalk CSC architecture senses varying network transmission speeds, enabling the system to automatically allocate system resources as needed. In addition, PictureTalk is aware of the presenters’ and attendees’ individual platforms and viewing requirements, allowing the system to automatically prioritize and allocate the flow of data, maximizing bandwidth and ensuring that interactive meetings provide the best possible user experience. This unique design eliminates network bottlenecks typically associated with peer-to-peer technologies, which limit the performance of Web meetings to that of the slowest participant’s
Internet connection.
“The granting of this patent confirms the unparalleled benefits that our technology offers large and small businesses,” said John Heng, director of engineering at Pixion. “Based
on our unique CSC architecture, PictureTalk
delivers a superior experience for interactive meetings of all sizes,
while eliminating the performance
degradation and scalability issues associated
with alternative Web conferencing solutions. ”
Designed to run on any client platform,
including Windows, Macintosh and Solaris,
PictureTalk features Pixion’s unique Capture Frame® presentation
tool to provide unparalleled ease-of-use
and control. With Capture Frame, meeting presenters can capture information
in real-time right
from their desktop, and easily share and
collaborate over the Internet with an unlimited number of attendees.
PictureTalk is designed for a wide range of business applications, including software sales, customer support, product demonstrations, professional training and distance education.
The United States Patent #6,343,313 was granted to Pixion in January 2002. Visit http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html for more information.
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