User interface for a video teleconference
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1. A method for initiating and controlling a video conference collaboration event between a plurality of video teleconference studios comprising:
- defining a virtual meeting space within a user interface by placing a local studio icon in a geometric position consistent with a natural perspective of a local participant in a local studio;
selecting at least one remote studio from a listing of available remote studios to join into a video teleconference with the local studio; and
adding a remote studio icon representing the at least one remote studio to the virtual meeting space in a geometric position adjacent the local studio icon that mimics a location of a video image originating from the at least one remote studio to associate the remote studio icon with the video image originating from the at least one remote studio.
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Abstract
A method is described for initiating and controlling a video conference between multiple video conference studios. A virtual meeting space is defined within a user interface comprising icons representing selected remote studios in geometric positions that mimic the locations of separate live video images coming from the selected remote studios, enabling participants in the local studio to naturally associate the live video images with the icons representing the remote studios.
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1. A method for initiating and controlling a video conference collaboration event between a plurality of video teleconference studios comprising:
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defining a virtual meeting space within a user interface by placing a local studio icon in a geometric position consistent with a natural perspective of a local participant in a local studio; selecting at least one remote studio from a listing of available remote studios to join into a video teleconference with the local studio; and adding a remote studio icon representing the at least one remote studio to the virtual meeting space in a geometric position adjacent the local studio icon that mimics a location of a video image originating from the at least one remote studio to associate the remote studio icon with the video image originating from the at least one remote studio. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A user interface for initiating and controlling a video conference collaboration event between a plurality of video teleconference studios, said user interface comprising:
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a means for defining a virtual meeting space consistent with a natural perspective of a local participant in a local studio; a means for inviting at least one remote studio to join a video teleconference with the local studio; and a means for representing the at least one remote studio in the virtual meeting space that mimics a location of a video image from the at least one remote studio to associate the remote studio with the video image from the at least one remote studio. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, and when executed, implementing a method for initiating and controlling a multi-point video teleconference between a plurality of video teleconference studios, said computer readable program code comprising:
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define a virtual meeting space in a user interface by placing a local studio icon representing a local studio in a geometric position consistent with a natural perspective of a local participant in a local studio; select at least one remote studio from a listing of available remote studios to invite to join into a video teleconference with the local studio; and add a remote studio icon representing the at least one remote studio to the virtual meeting space in a geometric position adjacent the local studio icon that mimics a location of a video image originating from the at least one remote studio to associate the remote studio icon with the video image originating from the at least one remote studio. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method for controlling a video teleconference collaboration event between a local studio and at least one remote studio, the method comprising:
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displaying video streams received from the at least one remote studio on displays located in the local studio; defining a layout of the video streams as the video streams are displayed in the local studio; and placing icons that correspond to each of the video streams in a layout on a user interface, wherein the layout on the user interface mimics the defined layout of the video streams to which the icons correspond. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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