ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENT ON A LARGE FORMAT DISPLAY

• US 20150089393A1
• Filed: 10/11/2013
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Yajun, Zhu, Zhongping, Xu, Tingxin, Pan, FengXiang, Tong, Xilai, Zhang, Dexin
• Granted Patent: US 9,917,866 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/152 Multipoint control units therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A technology for arrangement of interactive content on a large format display is disclosed. A heuristic determines content most likely to be interacted with by a user and rearranges content on the large format display to be closest to the user. For example, a window that was most recently interacted with can be arranged to be closest to a coordinate on the large format display that is closest to a user. Additionally, a display having a substantially “L-shaped” configuration allows for display of collaborative materials and video of remote participants simultaneously, which provides for a more natural interaction for a meeting participant interacting with the collaborative materials.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a presentation input requesting to display a first content window and a second content window on a display, wherein the presentation input identifies a selection point on the display at which the presentation input was received;

determining, by the processor, whether the first content window or the second content window was interacted with most recently; and

upon a determination that the first content window was interacted with most recently, presenting, by the processor, the first content window at a first position on the display and the second content window at a second position on the display, wherein a first distance spanning from the first position to the selection point is shorter than a second distance spanning from the second position to the selection point.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon a determination that the second content window was interacted with most recently, presenting the second content window at the first position on the display and the first content window at the second position on the display, wherein the first distance spanning from the first position to the selection point is shorter than the second distance spanning from the second position to the selection point.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring for interactions received within the first content window or the second content window; and

upon detecting an interaction within either the first content window or the second content window, recording the interaction in an interaction journal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining whether the first content window or the second content window was interacted with most recently comprises:

identifying a most recent entry in the interaction journal; and

when the most recent entry is associated with an interaction within the first content window, determining that the first content window was interacted with most recently.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the first content window and the second content window are presented on a first client device and a second client device, wherein first client device is in network communication with the second client device, and the monitoring monitors for interactions with the first content window and the second content window on both the first client device and the second client device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the display includes a first section and second section, and

when the selection point is within the first section, the first position is within the first section and the second position is within the second section.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is a large format video-conference display and the presentation input is received as a touch input on the large format video-conference display.

8. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;

receive a presentation input requesting to display a first content window and a second content window on a display, wherein the presentation input identifies a selection point on the display at which the presentation input was received;

determine whether the first content window or the second content window was interacted with most recently; and

upon a determination that the first content window was interacted with most recently, present the first content window at a first position on the display and the second content window at a second position on the display, wherein a first distance spanning from the first position to the selection point is shorter than a second distance spanning from the second position to the selection point.

9. The system of claim 8, the instructions further causing the processor to:

upon a determination that the second content window was interacted with most recently, present the second content window at the first position on the display and the first content window at the second position on the display, wherein the first distance spanning from the first position to the selection point is shorter than the second distance spanning from the second position to the selection point.

10. The system of claim 8, the instructions further causing the processor to:

monitor for user interaction with the first content window or the second content window; and

upon detecting a user interaction with either the first content window or the second content window, record the user interaction in a user interaction journal.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein determining whether the first content window or the second content window was interacted with most recently comprises:

identifying a most recent entry in the user interaction journal; and

when the most recent entry is associated with a user interaction with the first content window, determining that the first content window was interacted with most recently.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the first content window and the second content window are presented on a first client device and a second client device, wherein the first client device is in network communication with the second client device, and

the monitoring monitors for user interactions with the first content window and the second content window on both the first client device and the second client device.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein:

the display includes a first section and second section, and

when the selection point is within the first section, the first position is within the first section and the second position is within the second section.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the display is a large format video-conference display and the presentation input is received as a touch input on the large video-conference display.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

receive a presentation input requesting to display a first content window and a second content window on a display, wherein the presentation input identifies a selection point on the display at which the presentation input was received;

determine whether the first content window or the second content window was interacted with most recently; and

upon a determination that the first content window was interacted with most recently, present the first content window at a first position on the display and the second content window at a second position on the display, wherein a first distance spanning from the first position to the selection point is shorter than a second distance spanning from the second position to the selection point.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:

upon a determination that the second content window was interacted with most recently, present the second content window at the first position on the display and the first content window at the second position on the display, wherein the first distance spanning from the first position to the selection point is shorter than the second distance spanning from the second position to the selection point.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

monitor for an interaction with the first content window or the second content window; and

upon detecting the interaction with either the first content window or the second content window, record the user interaction in a user interaction journal.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein determining whether the first content window or the second content window was interacted with most recently comprises:

identifying a most recent entry in the interaction journal; and

when the most recent entry is associated with the interaction with the first content window, determining that the first content window was interacted with most recently.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein:

the first content window and the second content window are presented on a first client device and a second client device, wherein first client device is in network communication with the second client device, and

the monitoring monitors for interactions with the first content window and the second content window on both the first client device and the second client device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein:

the display includes a first section and second section, and

when the selection point is within the first section, the first position is within the first section and the second position is within the second section.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the display is a large format video-conference display and the presentation input is received as a touch input on the large format video-conference display.