MEETING AID
First Claim
1. A meeting aid configured to facilitate the identification of persons in attendance at a face-to-face meeting at a common location, said meeting aid being one of a set of such meeting aids each for allocation to a said person in attendance at said face-to-face meeting in said common location, the meeting aid comprising a single unitary assembly that includes:
- 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, all said other meeting aids being located at said common location;
a processing means configured to process and save received identifying information from the other meeting aids at said common location and to process and save 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 in attendance at said face-to-face meeting at said common location 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;
wherein said single unitary assembly comprises an enclosure that has a plurality of sidewalls, said display means comprises a plurality of display devices that are each responsive to said processing means, and each of a plurality of said sidewalls has a said display device provided in it, the arrangement being such that all persons in attendance at said face-to-face meeting other than the person to whom the meeting aid has been allocated can view at least one of said display devices and information displayed thereby.
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Abstract
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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40 Claims
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1. A meeting aid configured to facilitate the identification of persons in attendance at a face-to-face meeting at a common location, said meeting aid being one of a set of such meeting aids each for allocation to a said person in attendance at said face-to-face meeting in said common location, the meeting aid comprising a single unitary assembly that includes:
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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, all said other meeting aids being located at said common location; a processing means configured to process and save received identifying information from the other meeting aids at said common location and to process and save 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 in attendance at said face-to-face meeting at said common location 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; wherein said single unitary assembly comprises an enclosure that has a plurality of sidewalls, said display means comprises a plurality of display devices that are each responsive to said processing means, and each of a plurality of said sidewalls has a said display device provided in it, the arrangement being such that all persons in attendance at said face-to-face meeting other than the person to whom the meeting aid has been allocated can view at least one of said display devices and information displayed thereby. - 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 a plurality of persons in attendance at a face-to-face meeting at a common location, said device comprising, as a single unitary assembly:
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a data input device to permit a person in attendance at said face-to-face meeting and to whom the meeting aid device has been allocated to input information identifying themselves to other persons in attendance at said face-to-face meeting; a transmitter for transmitting said identifying information to another said meeting aid device at said common location; a receiver for receiving identifying information from respective transmitters of other said meeting aid devices, all of which other said meeting aid devices are at said common location; 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, wherein said display arrangement comprises a display device that faces in a first direction for viewing by the user to whom the meeting aid has been allocated, and at least one further display device arranged such that information displayed by said at least one further display device is viewable by all said other persons in attendance at said face-to-face meeting. - View Dependent Claims (29, 31, 32)
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30. A device according to claim 30, wherein said other device is a storage device and said meeting aid device has an output by which it is connectable to said storage device.
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33. A meeting aid system comprising a plurality of meeting aid devices for facilitating identification of a plurality of persons in attendance at a face-to-face meeting in a common location, each said device being allocated to a said person in attendance at said face-to-face meeting and comprising a single unitary assembly that includes:
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a data entry device for inputting identifying data that identifies a person in attendance at said face-to-face meeting and to whom the meeting aid device has been allocated; a transmitter for transmitting said identifying data to the other said meeting aid devices in said common location; a receiver for receiving identifying information transmitted from the other said meeting devices in said common location; a computing module for processing received identifying data; a first display facing in a first direction on which the received identifying information can be displayed for viewing by said person to whom the meeting aid device has been allocated; and at least two further display devices each facing in a direction different to said first direction, said two further display devices being arranged to display the input identifying information for viewing by all persons in attendance at said face-to-face meeting other than the person to whom the meeting aid device has been allocated.
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34. A system according to claim 34, in which each said meeting aid device has two said further displays provided on respective sides of the meeting aid device.
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35. A meeting aid system for identifying attendees at a face-to-face meeting in a common location, said meeting aid system comprising a plurality of satellite meeting aid devices each for allocation to a said attendee and a base unit, each satellite meeting aid device comprising a unitary assembly that includes:
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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; wherein said display is configured to display identifying information to all attendees at said face-to-face meeting other than the attendee to whom the meeting aid has been allocated; and said base unit comprises a processor for processing identifying information communicated from the satellite meeting aid devices to provide a record of all the attendees at said face-to-face meeting.
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36. A system according to claim 36, wherein said base unit comprises:
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a data entry device for inputting identifying data identifying an attendee assigned the base unit; and a display for displaying at least a portion of said identifying data input by the attendee assigned the base unit. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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