Method and system for video conference and PC user experience integration

• US 9,667,915 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2013
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arlington Technologies, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Baldelli, Laura, Centanni, Alessandra, Panini, Claudio
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Stella
• Application Number:
  US14/093,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20140160225A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,275 Days
• Field of Search: 348 1408, 348 1401
• 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 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for integrating a user computer with a Codec device so that operation of input devices to a computer is transferred to a display associated with the Codec.

Claims

1. A system for integrating a computer and a Codec for video conferences, said system comprising:

a device capable of decoding and displaying a digital data stream via a Codec monitor, wherein said device comprises an endpoint to a videoconference and said digital data stream comprises video content for said videoconference; and

a computer with one or more input devices, wherein said computer is separate from said device;

wherein both said computer and said device are connected to a network and said computer is connected to said device via a bi-directional socket connection, and wherein said computer is enabled, via a computer program installed on said computer, to detect whether said computer is utilizing said Codec monitor as a primary monitor for displaying output of said computer and to convert input device coordinates from said computer to Codec monitor resolution coordinates, to control said device through interactions, via said one or more input devices, with a graphical user interface of said device displayed by said Codec monitor.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said device is connected to said Codec monitor.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said Codec monitor comprises an embedded camera.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said computer automatically connects to said device and an application running on said computer transfers actions of said one or more input devices to said device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said connection of said device and said computer to each other further comprises a unidirectional socket connection.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said bidirectional socket connection comprises a TCP/IP socket connection and said unidirectional socket connection comprises a UDP socket connection.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said device is a Codec.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more input devices comprise a keyboard and a mouse.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said device comprises said Codec monitor for display of said digital data stream and wherein said Codec monitor operates as a display for said computer.

10. A method of integrating a computer and a Codec for video conferences, said method comprising:

connecting said computer to said Codec, wherein said computer is separate from said Codec and said connection comprising a bi-directional socket connection, and wherein said Codec comprises an endpoint to a videoconference that displays video content for said videoconference via a Codec monitor;

connecting said computer to a network;

connecting said Codec to said network; and

via an application running on said computer, transferring actions of one or more input devices connected to said computer to said Codec, wherein said application is enabled to detect whether said computer is utilizing said Codec monitor as a primary monitor for displaying output of said computer and to convert input device coordinates from said computer to Codec monitor resolution coordinates to control said Codec through interactions, via said one or more input devices, with a graphical user interface of said control device displayed by said Codec monitor.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said one or more input devices connected to said computer comprise a keyboard.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein said one or more input devices connected to said computer comprise a mouse.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein said connection of said Codec and said computer to each other further comprises a unidirectional socket connection.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said bidirectional socket connection comprises a TCP/IP socket connection and said unidirectional socket connection comprises a UDP socket connection.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein said Codec monitor is integrated in said Codec for display of a digital data stream and wherein said Codec monitor operates as a display for said computer after said process of transferring actions.