Mark Mclaughlin
Microsoft
13 Papers
178 Citations
Mark Mclaughlin is an academic researcher from Microsoft. The author has contributed to research in topics: Terminal (electronics) & Positioning system. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 13 publications.
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Patent
Communication System and Method
Helen Blackburn,Mark Mclaughlin,Marek Laasik +2 more
- 01 Aug 2013
TL;DR: In this article, a method of transmitting video data comprising: establishing a bidirectional video channel between a first terminal and a second terminal in a packet-based communication network, beginning a live, face-to-face video call over the established channel by generating first video data from a video camera of the first terminal, transmitting the first data to the second terminal for display on a screen of the second user, and receiving second video data generated from the second video camera, and displaying the second data data on the first user's screen.
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System of User Devices
David Dinka,Gisela Gier,Helen Blackburn,Mark Mclaughlin +3 more
- 29 Mar 2011
TL;DR: In this article, a system comprising of a first user device and at least a second user device for a same user, at least one of the first and second user devices being a household media appliance, and each being installed with a respective instance of a communication client application for conducting voice or video calls over a packet-based network.
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Distributing presence information
Mark Mclaughlin
- 29 May 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, a method of distributing availability information from a first user terminal to at least one further user terminal connected via a communication network, comprising: executing a communication client at the first user terminals, the communication client accessing schedule data stored on a storage means relating to a user of the first terminal, analysing the schedule data to determine a current status of the user, mapping the user to a selected one of a group of predefined availability settings at the communication clients, and transmitting a message comprising the selected availability setting over the communication network to the at least another user terminal.
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Video telephony with auxilliary video send
Helen Blackburn,Mark Mclaughlin,Marek Laasik +2 more
- 05 Sep 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, a method of transmitting and receiving video data comprising of establishing a bidirectional video channel between a first terminal and a second terminal in a packet based communication network is presented.
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Displaying Graphical Representations of Contacts
Helen Blackburn,Mark Mclaughlin,Rachel Eardley,Marek Laasik,Madis Kaal +4 more
- 15 Jul 2013
TL;DR: In this paper, a group of graphical representations of contacts is displayed at a first size in a display region and then automatically resized to fit in the display region at a second size.
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