Video conferencing system

• US 20090037826A1
• Filed: 07/31/2007
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Bennetts, Christopher Lee
• Application Number:
  US11/888,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20090037826A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

A video conferencing system, comprising a graphical user interface executable to cause a display of a source pane and a display pane, the source pane providing a listing of selectable interface modes, the display pane configured to display video content based on a selected video conference mode from the source pane.

Claims

1. A video conferencing system, comprising:

a graphical user interface executable to cause a display of a source pane and a display pane, the source pane providing a listing of selectable interface modes, the display pane configured to display video content based on a selected video conference mode from the source pane.

2. The video conferencing system of claim 1, wherein the display pane is configured to automatically display a plurality of sub-panes.

3. The video conferencing system of claim 1, wherein the display pane is configured to automatically subdivide to display a plurality of sub-panes, each sub-pane corresponding to an added video conference participant.

4. The video conferencing system of claim 1, wherein the video conferencing modes comprise at least two of a live video chat mode, a video mailbox mode and a recorded video message mode.

5. A video conferencing system, comprising:

a graphical user interface executable to cause a display of a source pane and a display pane, the display pane configured to display video message content, the display pane comprising a command button disposed over the video message content to initiate a video command.

6. The video conferencing system of claim 5, wherein the command button comprises a reply button.

7. The video conferencing system of claim 5, wherein the command button comprises a record button.

8. The video conferencing system of claim 5, wherein the command button comprises a stop button.

9. A video conferencing system, comprising:

a graphical user interface executable to cause a display of a source pane and a display pane, the source pane configured to automatically list video files in an order corresponding to a video conversation for display within the display pane.

10. The video conferencing system of claim 9, wherein the predetermined order is associated with a predetermined person.

11. The video conferencing system of claim 9, wherein the predetermined order is associated with a predetermined subject.

12. The video conferencing system of claim 9, wherein the predetermined order comprises a chronological order.