Video conferencing system and method

• US 20090037827A1
• 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:
  US11/888,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20090037827A1
• 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 an electronic device having a conferencing module interface executable to display video content in a main media window and at least one media sub-window, the video content in the main media window selectively interchangeable with the video content in the at least one media sub-window to facilitate viewing thereof

Claims

1. A video conferencing system, comprising:

an electronic device having a conferencing module interface executable to display video content in a main media window and at least one media sub-window, the video content in the main media window selectively interchangeable with the video content in the at least one media sub-window to facilitate viewing thereof.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the main media window display video content associated with a user of the electronic device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the main media window displays video content associated with a user of the electronic device and wherein the media sub-window displays video content associated with a user of another electronic device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein video content of the main-media window and the at least one media sub-window are interchanged by scrolling through the media sub-windows.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface is executable to cause display of media sub-window in response to receiving a selection of an invite-a-contact command.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface is configured to cascadingly display a plurality of media sub-windows.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the video content of the at least one sub-media window is interchanged with the video content of the main media window in response to selecting and dragging the video content of the at least one sub-media window to the main media window.

8. A video conferencing method, comprising:

displaying video content on an electronic device in a main media window and at least one media sub-window, the video content in the main media window selectively interchangeable with the video content in the at least one sub-media window to facilitate viewing thereof.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying video content associated with a user of the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying video content associated with a user of the electronic device and wherein the media sub-window displays video content associated with a user of another electronic device.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising interchanging the video content within the main media window with the video media content of the at least one sub-media window via scrolling between the sub-media windows.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising causing display of media sub-window in response to receiving a selection of an invite-a-contact command.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising cascadingly positioning a plurality of media sub-windows.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising interchanging the video content of the at least one media sub-window with the video content of the main media window in response to selecting and dragging the video content of the media sub-window to the main media window.

15. A video conferencing system, comprising:

an electronic means having a conferencing module interface means executable to display video content in a main media window means and at least one media sub-window means, the video content in the main media window means selectively interchangeable with the video content in the at least one media sub-window means to facilitate viewing thereof.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the main media window means displays video content associated with a user of the electronic means.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the main media window means displays video content associated with a user of the electronic means and wherein the media sub-window means displays video content associated with a user of another electronic means.