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Originally Posted by diehardbiker65
No, not true that VP-100 were made specifically for relay!
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FROM:
http://www.sorensonvrs.com/company/index.php
"The company's Sorenson VP-100™ is the first consumer-based broadband videophone appliance
specifically designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. Sorenson IP Relay Service (
www.siprelay.com) allows users to place text-based relay calls from a PC or mobile device to any standard telephone user."
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You could use VP-100 for any videoconferencing with just practically anyone who use H.232 protocol.
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You can use it as a doorstop or as a paper weight as well. Doesn't mean it was
designed for that purpose. I guess using big words like "designed" might throw you off the point. Sorenson makes its money from VRS, not when you use it for VP to VP videoconferencing. That's a feature of it, but is not it's main purpose.
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The only thing that VP-100 designs differ from Dlink was that it is programmed to use specifically ONE VRS provider, that is SorensonVRS. They have them blocked with other VRS provider. [
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The other difference is in how they are marketed. The DVC-1000 is marketed to hearing people and corporations. It was also used by other VRS services to compete with Sorenson's product.
Sorenson designed the software for both the DVC-1000 and the VP-100. That's why Sorenson can add features while the competitors are left out in the cold. (Yes, that is an example of Monopoly power.)
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Sorenson have I think 3 patents on these device, while Dlink have 7 patents on them as well. Dlink is the manufacturer for these devices. Sorenson don't really owns whole thing at all.
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from:
http://www.sorenson.com/products/
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The Sorenson VP-100 and the D-Link i2eye videophones were both developed by Sorenson Communications. However, the Sorenson-branded videophone is
designed specifically for the deaf community while the D-Link i2eye videophone is intended for the mass market. "
Sorenson does not own DLink, however, they do license the technology to DLink to sell. The same way a japanese built car can have Chevrolet's name on it.