Control apparatus and method for sharing information in a collaborative workspace
First Claim
1. A method of controlling display of information from a plurality of video sources on at least one common display screen presentation space in a collaborative workspace, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least first and second selectable control interfaces, each interface including a separately selectable control associated with the at least one common display screen presentation space and a selectable off control;
uniquely associating first and second video sources with the first and second control interfaces, respectively;
for each control interface;
(i) receiving an indication each time the selectable control is selected and receiving an indication each time the selectable off control is selected;
(ii) upon receiving an indication that the selectable control has been selected, providing the video source associated with the control interface to the common display screen presentation space; and
(iii) upon receiving an indication that the selectable off control has been selected, terminating provision of the video source associated with the control interface to the common display screen presentation space.
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Abstract
A method and system of controlling display of information from a plurality of video sources on at least one presentation space, the method comprising the steps of providing at least first and second selectable control interfaces, each interface including a separately selectable control associated with the at least one common display screen presentation space and a selectable off control, uniquely associating video sources with the control interfaces, for each control interface (i) receiving an indication each time the selectable control is selected and receiving an indication each time the selectable off control is selected, (ii) upon receiving an indication that the selectable control has been selected, providing the video source associated with the control interface to the presentation space; and (iii) upon receiving an indication that the selectable off control has been selected, cutting off the video source from the presentation space.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of controlling display of information from a plurality of video sources on at least one common display screen presentation space in a collaborative workspace, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least first and second selectable control interfaces, each interface including a separately selectable control associated with the at least one common display screen presentation space and a selectable off control; uniquely associating first and second video sources with the first and second control interfaces, respectively; for each control interface; (i) receiving an indication each time the selectable control is selected and receiving an indication each time the selectable off control is selected; (ii) upon receiving an indication that the selectable control has been selected, providing the video source associated with the control interface to the common display screen presentation space; and (iii) upon receiving an indication that the selectable off control has been selected, terminating provision of the video source associated with the control interface to the common display screen presentation space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of selecting information from video sources to be displayed on at least a subset of a plurality of display screen presentation spaces in a collaborative workspace, the method for use with a plurality of portable computing devices, each computing device having a computing device display screen, each computing device providing a separate video source that presents images on the display screen of the computing device, the method comprising the steps of:
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on each display screen of the plurality of portable computing devices, providing a control interface in addition to images from the video source provided by the computing device, each control interface including a separately selectable control uniquely associated with each of the display screen presentation spaces and a selectable off control; for each control interface, receiving an indication each time one of the selectable controls is selected and receiving an indication each time the selectable off control is selected; for each control interface; (i) while one of the display screen presentation spaces displays information other than images from the video source associated with the control interface, upon selection of the selectable control associated with the one of the display screen presentation spaces, providing the video source associated with the control interface to the one of the display screen presentation spaces so the one of the display screen presentation spaces provides the images from the video source; and (ii) upon receiving an indication that the selectable off control has been selected, terminating provision of the video source associated with the control interface to the each of the display screen presentation spaces. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of controlling display of information from a plurality of video sources on a plurality of common display screen presentation spaces in a collaborative workspace, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least first and second selectable control interfaces, each interface including a separately selectable control associated with each separate one of the common display screen presentation spaces; uniquely associating first and second video sources with the first and second control interfaces, respectively; for each control interface; (i) receiving an indication each time one of the selectable controls is selected; (ii) while one of the display screen presentation spaces displays information other than images from the video source associated with the control interface, upon selection of the selectable control associated with the one of the display screen presentation spaces, providing the video source associated with the control interface to the one of the display screen presentation spaces so that the video source generates images on the one of the display screen presentation spaces; and (iii) while one of the display screen presentation spaces displays images from the video source associated with the control interface, upon selection of the selectable control associated with the one of the display screen presentation spaces, terminating provision of the video source associated with the control interface to the one of the display screen presentation spaces.
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21. A method of controlling display of information from a plurality of video sources on a plurality of common display screen presentation spaces in a collaborative workspace, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least first and second selectable control interfaces, each interface including a separately selectable control associated with each separate one of the common display screen presentation spaces and a selectable off control; uniquely associating first and second video sources with the first and second control interfaces, respectively; for each control interface; (i) receiving an indication each time one of the selectable controls is selected and receiving an indication each time the selectable off control is selected; (ii) while one of the display screen presentation spaces displays information other than images from the video source associated with the control interface, upon selection of the selectable control associated with the one of the display screen presentation spaces, providing the video source associated with the control interface to the display screen presentation space associated with the selected selectable control so that the display screen presentation space provides the images from the video source wherein the video source associated with the control interface may be simultaneously provided to any subset of the plurality of common display screens; and (iii) upon selection of the selectable off control, terminating provision of the video source associated with the control interface to each of the display screen presentation spaces.
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