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Collaboration System with Whiteboard With Federated Display

  • US 20140223335A1
  • Filed: 02/04/2013
  • Published: 08/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for whiteboard collaboration, comprising:

  • an array of displays, the displays in the array being coupled with a computer system having a communication module and memory storing collaboration data for at least one collaboration having a collaboration space, the collaboration data including data structures identifying displayable objects and associating a location in the collaboration space with the objects identified by the data structures;

    the computer system including a display client for each display in the array, the array having a display area mapped to corresponding area in the collaboration space,each display client being configured to manage display of a predetermined portion of the display area, and including a communication port for receiving and transmitting messages related to global collaboration events and for receiving and transmitting messages related to local array events, and including;

    logic to identify objects in the collaboration data that map to the predetermined portion of the display area for the array, and to render the identified objects, andlogic to detect user input at the display client related to events that effect objects in the predetermined portion of the display area and transmit messages linked to the related events.

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