User interface for a video conferencing system
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1. A method of displaying video in a video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors, comprising:
- during all modes of video conferencing, displaying remote end video in a first monitor; and
displaying near end video and shared applications in a second monitor.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for video conferencing provides for automatically managing user views to provide ready, video only, full screen video, video with document not shared, and video with shared document views. Several different automatically managed user-interfaces for a dual monitor system provide, among other things, that the second monitor can be used for local video image only, used for all functions except shared applications, or to display shared applications.
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1. A method of displaying video in a video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors, comprising:
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during all modes of video conferencing, displaying remote end video in a first monitor; and displaying near end video and shared applications in a second monitor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of displaying video in a video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors, comprising:
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in one mode of video conferencing, displaying remote end video in a first monitor and the near end video in a second monitor; and in another mode of operation, displaying near end and far end video in the second monitor, and shared applications in the first monitor. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 15, 16)
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8. A method of displaying video in a video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors, comprising:
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in all modes of video conferencing, displaying near end, remote end, and control options in a first monitor; and displaying shared applications in a second monitor. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors comprising:
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a display unit producing a video signal for displaying far end video on a first one of the monitors during all modes of operation of the system during a video conference; and the display unit producing a video signal for displaying near end video and shared applications on a second one of the monitors during operation of the system during the video conference. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors comprising:
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a display unit operating in one mode of video conferencing to produce a video signal for displaying remote end video in a first monitor and the near end video in a second monitor; and the display unit operating in another mode of operation to produce a video signal for displaying near end and far end video in the second monitor, and shared applications in the first monitor.
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17. A video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors comprising:
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a display unit operative in all modes of video conferencing to produce a video signal for displaying near end, remote end, and control options in a first monitor; and the display unit producing a video signal for displaying shared applications in a second monitor. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer program product comprising computer code embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising:
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the computer code operative on a computer and producing a video signal for displaying far end video on a first monitor during all modes of operation of the computer code during a video conference; and the computer code operative on a computer and producing a video signal for displaying near end video and shared applications on a second monitor during the video conference, wherein said first and second monitors located at the same site.
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20. A computer program product comprising computer code embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising:
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the computer code operative on a computer in one mode to produce a video signal for displaying remote end video in a first monitor and the near end video in a second monitor; and the computer code operative on a computer in another mode of operation to produce a video signal for displaying near end and far end video in the second monitor, and shared applications in the first monitor, wherein said first and second monitors located at the same site.
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21. A computer program product comprising computer code embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising:
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the computer code operative on a computer in all modes of operation to produce a video signal for displaying near end, remote end, and control options in a first monitor; and the computer code operative on a computer to produce a video signal for displaying shared applications in a second monitor, wherein said first and second monitors located at the same site.
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