Computer software used for linking to electronic networks from media signals, namely from information contained in image signals; computer software for encoding image signals with digital information and for decoding such digital information from such image signals; pre-recorded digital images containing coded digital information, namely, watermarks, embedded therein and stored in media, namely in computer memory and electronic files; and computer software for recognizing information in image...

COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR EMBEDDING IDENTIFIERS INTO IMAGE SIGNALS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR EXTRACTING IDENTIFIERS FROM IMAGE SIGNALS, THE EXTRACTED IDENTIFIERS BEING USED IN LINKING TO ELECTRONIC NETWORKS BASED ON DATA ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN THE EXTRACTED IDENTIFIERS AND REFERENCES TO THE ELECTRONIC NETWORKS

NETWORK FORMING APPARATUS USED FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF IMAGES IN MONOCHROME OR IN FULL COLOR BETWEEN MULTIPLE TELECONFERENCING TERMINALS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS EMPLOYING STANDARD TELEPHONE LINES AS COMMUNICATION LINKS TO ENABLE ANY INITIATING STATION TO SET UP A TOTAL STAR NETWORK VIA A CENTRAL BRIDGE LOCATION RATHER THAN USING A RING PROTOCOL APPROACH