Meeting aid
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1. A meeting aid configured to facilitate the identification of persons in attendance at a meeting, said meeting aid being one of a set of such meeting aids each for allocation to a said person in attendance at a meeting, the meeting aid comprising:
- a data input device configured to allow the person to whom the meeting aid has been allocated to input information identifying themselves;
communication means for receiving identifying information from one or more of the other meeting aids of said set of meeting aids;
a processing means configured to process and save received identifying information and identifying information inputted by the person to whom the meeting aid has been allocated, said saved identifying information providing the person to whom the meeting aid has been allocated with a list comprising at least a portion of the identifying information associated with those persons to whom each meeting aid of the set of meeting aids has been allocated; and
display means responsive to said processing means to display at least a portion of the inputted and received identifying information.
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A meeting aid (10) configured to facilitate the identification of persons in attendance at a meeting, said meeting aid being one of a set of such meeting aids each for allocation to a said person in attendance at a meeting, the meeting aid comprising:
- a data input device (60) configured to allow the person to whom the meeting aid has been allocated to input information identifying themselves;
- communication means (65) for receiving identifying information from one or more of the other meeting aids of said set of meeting aids;
- a processor (70) configured to process and save received identifying information and identifying information inputted by the person to whom the meeting aid has been allocated, said saved identifying information providing the person to whom the meeting aid has been allocated with a list comprising at least a portion of the identifying information associated with those persons to whom each meeting aid of the set of meeting aids has been allocated; and
- display means (50) responsive to said processing means to display at least a portion of the inputted and received identifying information.
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1. A meeting aid configured to facilitate the identification of persons in attendance at a meeting, said meeting aid being one of a set of such meeting aids each for allocation to a said person in attendance at a meeting, the meeting aid comprising:
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a data input device configured to allow the person to whom the meeting aid has been allocated to input information identifying themselves;
communication means for receiving identifying information from one or more of the other meeting aids of said set of meeting aids;
a processing means configured to process and save received identifying information and identifying information inputted by the person to whom the meeting aid has been allocated, said saved identifying information providing the person to whom the meeting aid has been allocated with a list comprising at least a portion of the identifying information associated with those persons to whom each meeting aid of the set of meeting aids has been allocated; and
display means responsive to said processing means to display at least a portion of the inputted and received identifying information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A meeting aid device for facilitating identification of persons in attendance at a meeting, said device comprising:
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a data input device to permit a user to input identifying information;
a transmitter for transmitting said identifying information to another said meeting aid device;
a receiver for receiving identifying information from respective transmitters of other said meeting aid devices;
a processor configured to process and save input and received identifying information and to create a list comprising at least a portion of the received identifying information; and
a display arrangement that displays at least a portion of the input and received identifying information. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A meeting aid system comprising a plurality of meeting aid devices for facilitating identification of persons in attendance at a meeting, each said device comprising:
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a data entry device for inputting identifying data that identifies a user of the meeting aid device;
a transmitter for transmitting said identifying data to the other said meeting aid devices;
a receiver for receiving identifying information transmitted from the other said meeting devices;
a computing module for processing the received identifying data;
a first display facing in a first direction on which the received identifying information can be displayed for viewing by a user of the meeting aid device; and
at least one further display facing in a direction different to said first direction for displaying the input identifying information for viewing by persons other than the user of the meeting aid device. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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36. A meeting aid system for identifying attendees at a meeting, said meeting aid system comprising a plurality of satellite meeting aid devices and a base unit, each satellite meeting aid device comprising:
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a data entry device for inputting information identifying an attendee assigned the meeting aid;
a communications link to said base unit for communicating said identifying information to said base unit; and
a display for displaying at least a portion of said identifying information; and
said base unit comprising a processor for processing identifying information communicated from the satellite meeting aid devices to provide a record of attendees at a meeting. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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