Systems and Methods for Communicating Audio/Visual Presentation Materials Between a Presenter and Audience Members

• US 20090248805A1
• Filed: 03/31/2009
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: George Gomez
• Original Assignee: George Gomez
• Inventors: GOMEZ, George
• Application Number:
  US12/414,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20090248805A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/61 for local area broadcast, e.g. instore broadcast

Abstract

Systems and methods for communicating presentation materials from a presenter to audience members utilizing a number of USB port based devices. The presenter'"'"'s USB device includes application plug-in software that loads to the presenter'"'"'s computer and operates in conjunction with a standard application software product (such as PowerPoint® or Keynote®). As the application software runs, the presentation data from the presenter'"'"'s computer is directed through the presenter'"'"'s USB device (utilizing a radio frequency (RF) transceiver) to broadcast the presentation data to the audience members. The audience members have each been provided a USB device that includes an RF transceiver for receiving the transmissions from the presenter'"'"'s USB device. The presentation data would then be communicated into the audience members'"'"' computer systems to be run in association with the resident application and plug-in software present. Other materials as might typically take the form of printed documents may likewise be distributed to the audience members. Optional plug-in software components, such as audience feedback and/or voting components, may be integrated into the application plug-in software associated with the USB devices.

Claims

1. A system for communicating audio/visual presentation materials between a presenter and audience members, the system comprising:

(a) a presenter computer system, comprising a presenter computer display and a presenter computer microprocessor, the presenter computer system further comprising presenter resident application software comprising a commercially available presentation software application;

(b) a presenter USB system device for connection to the presenter computer system, the presenter USB system device comprising a memory storage component and a data communication component, the memory storage component further comprising plug-in application software operable in conjunction with the commercially available presentation software and further comprising data operable in conjunction with the presentation software;

(c) a plurality of audience member computer systems each comprising an audience member computer display and an audience member computer microprocessor, the audience member computer systems each further comprising audience member resident applications software comprising the commercially available presentation software application; and

(d) a plurality of audience member USB system devices for connection to the plurality of audience member computer systems, each of the audience member USB system devices comprising a memory storage component and a data communication component, the memory storage component further comprising plug-in application software operable in conjunction with the commercially available presentation software and further comprising data operable in conjunction with the presentation software.

2. A method for communicating audio/visual presentation materials between a presenter and audience members, the presenter and the audience members each having a computer system available for their individual use, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing the presenter with a combination presenter USB flash drive and transceiver;

(b) providing a plurality of audience members with combination USB flash drives and transceivers for data communication operation with the presenter USB flash drive and transceiver;

(c) activating the presenter USB device on the presenter'"'"'s computer system at a point in time immediately prior to the presentation, the activation uploading operational software and establishing the operation of the software to carry out the audio/visual presentation;

(d) activating the audience USB devices on the audience member computer systems;

(e) initiating a communications handshake between the presenter USB device and audience member USB devices;

(f) opening and executing the presentation on the presenter'"'"'s computer system and similarly activating software on each of the individual audience member computer systems; and

(g) carrying out the presentation in real time between the presenter and the audience members with the various audio/visual materials being communicated.