INTERACTIVE DESK UNIT
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a master control unit;
one or more output devices coupled to the master control unit, the one or more output devices operable to provide observable outputs in at least one room, the master control unit operable to control one or more parameters of the observable outputs; and
at least one desk unit including an input device, the input device operable to generate input signals based on actuation of the input device, and to provide the input signals to the desk unit, wherein the desk unit is operable to be communicatively linkable to the master control unit;
wherein the master control unit is operable to select and to un-select the desk unit so that when the desk unit is selected, the selected desk unit is operable to communicate the data related to the generated input signals to the master control unit in order to control at least one of the one or more parameters of the observable outputs.
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Abstract
Various embodiments include an apparatus comprising a master control unit, one or more output devices coupled to the master control unit, the one or more output devices operable to provide observable outputs in at least one room, the master control unit operable to control one or more parameters of the observable outputs and at least one desk unit including an input device, the input device operable to generate input signals based on actuation of the input device, and to provide the input signals to the desk unit, the desk unit operable to be communicatively linkable to the master control unit, the master control unit operable to select and to un-select the desk unit so that when the desk unit is selected, the selected desk unit is operable to communicate the data related to the generated input signals to the master control unit in order to control at least one of the one or more parameters.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a master control unit; one or more output devices coupled to the master control unit, the one or more output devices operable to provide observable outputs in at least one room, the master control unit operable to control one or more parameters of the observable outputs; and at least one desk unit including an input device, the input device operable to generate input signals based on actuation of the input device, and to provide the input signals to the desk unit, wherein the desk unit is operable to be communicatively linkable to the master control unit; wherein the master control unit is operable to select and to un-select the desk unit so that when the desk unit is selected, the selected desk unit is operable to communicate the data related to the generated input signals to the master control unit in order to control at least one of the one or more parameters of the observable outputs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
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7. The apparatus of clam 1, wherein the at least one desk unit includes a computer mouse interface operable to receive either absolute or relative type mouse signal inputs, and to provide to the master control unit as the generated input signals an output data that is associated with the mouse signal inputs.
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10. A method of operating a communication systems, comprising:
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registering a plurality of selectable desk units at a master control unit in order to uniquely identify each of the plurality of desk units with respect to each other, wherein each of the desk units is selectable and un-selectable based on selection inputs to the master control unit; selecting at least one of the desk units so that the selected desk unit is communicatively coupled to provide inputs used to control one or more parameters of a communication system, wherein the one or more parameters of a communication system includes at least one output of the communication system; receiving the inputs from the selected desk unit; and controlling the one or more parameters of the communication system based on the received inputs. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A communication system comprising:
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a master control unit; one or more output devices coupled to the master control unit, the one or more output devices operable to provide observable outputs in at least one room, and the master control unit operable to control one or more parameters of the observable outputs; and a plurality of desk units communicatively coupled to the master control unit, each of the plurality of desk units registered with the master control unit and each of the desk units including at least one input device operable to provide input signals to the desk unit based on actuation of the input device; wherein the master control unit is operable to select and to un-select each of the desk units in any combination so that for any of the selected desk units, the selected desk unit is operable to provide data related to the input signals generated by the input device of the desk unit to the master control unit, the data to control at least one of the one or more parameters of the observable outputs. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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