Information sharing system, and information sharing system management apparatus and method
First Claim
1. An apparatus for communicating with a video conference system in which plural terminals communicate with each other, said apparatus comprising;
- a display module, arranged to display an image concerning a communication in the video conference system;
a communication module, arranged to communicate with the video conference system;
a generator, arranged to generate history information of the communication among the plural terminals and/or status information of a present status of the video conference system in accordance with information received via said communication module;
means for determining whether or not said communication module can communicate with the video conference in response to a request for transmission of the history information and/or the status information from a terminal other than the plural terminals; and
means for transmitting the history information and/or status information generated by said generator in accordance with the received information when said communication module can communicate with the video conference system, and transmitting a copy of the image displayed by said display module when said communication module cannot communicate with the video conference system.
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Abstract
This invention provides an information sharing system management apparatus which efficiently manages a TV conference without requiring the user to join it. When a terminal A1 is started, a first system acquires information such as the start time, participants, and the like of a video conference system from that video conference system, and transmits the acquired information to a second system on a terminal A0. The second system stores the received information. When the operator inputs a conference record command on the terminal A1, the first system requests the video conference system to send a conference record including speech and the like, and transmits the received conference record to the second system. The second system stores the received conference record. The operator at the terminal A0 can display and observe the conference information and conference record stored by the second system as needed. Such information is updated every required times.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus for communicating with a video conference system in which plural terminals communicate with each other, said apparatus comprising;
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a display module, arranged to display an image concerning a communication in the video conference system;
a communication module, arranged to communicate with the video conference system;
a generator, arranged to generate history information of the communication among the plural terminals and/or status information of a present status of the video conference system in accordance with information received via said communication module;
means for determining whether or not said communication module can communicate with the video conference in response to a request for transmission of the history information and/or the status information from a terminal other than the plural terminals; and
means for transmitting the history information and/or status information generated by said generator in accordance with the received information when said communication module can communicate with the video conference system, and transmitting a copy of the image displayed by said display module when said communication module cannot communicate with the video conference system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for controlling a terminal communicating with a video conference system in which plural terminals communicate with each other, said method comprising the steps of:
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displaying an image concerning a communication in the video conference system;
determining whether or not a communication can be performed with the video conference in response to a request from a terminal other than the plural terminals for transmission of the history information of the communication among the plural terminals and/or status information of a present status of the video conference system;
generating the history information and/or the status information in accordance with information received via a communication when the communication with the video conference system can be performed;
transmitting the history information and/or status information generated in the generating step when said communication module can communicate with the video conference system and transmitting a copy of the image displayed by said display module when the communication with the video conference system cannot be performed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus on which a video conference system for communicating with a terminal runs, the apparatus comprising:
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a display, arranged to display an image concerning a communication in the video conference system;
a generator, arranged to generate history information of the communication with the other terminal and/or status information of a present status by communicating with the video conference system;
a determination unit, arranged to determine whether or not a communication with the video conference system can be performed in response to a request from a terminal which does not communicate in the video conference system, for transmission of the history information and/or the status information generated by the generator; and
a transmitter, arranged to transmit a copy of the image displayed by the display when the apparatus cannot communicate with the video conference system.
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28. A method of controlling an apparatus on which a video conference system for communicating with a terminal runs, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying an image concerning a communication in the video conference system;
generating history information of the communication with the other terminal and/or status information of a present status by communicating with the video conference system;
determining whether or not a communication with the video conference system can be performed in response to a request from a terminal which does not communicate in the video conference system, for transmission of the history information and/or the status information generating step; and
transmitting a copy of the image displayed in the displaying step when the apparatus cannot communicate with the video conference system.
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