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Device, computer program product and method for providing touch control of a video conference

  • US 8,619,112 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2010
  • Issued: 12/31/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A remote control device comprising:

  • a touch screen display;

    a processor communicatively connected to the touch screen display; and

    a non-transitory computer readable memory having instructions that when executed by said processor configure the processor to;

    establish a communication link with at least one remote video conferencing endpoint having a camera and receive an endpoint ID from the at least one remote video conferencing endpoint;

    generate at least one graphical object in response to receiving the endpoint ID;

    display on the touch screen display a graphical user interface having the at least one graphical object as part of a videoconference scene used to control at least one setting on the camera;

    receive touch data in response to an external input applied to a portion of the touch screen display on which the at least one graphical object is displayed and associate said touch data with a camera control instruction; and

    send to the remote video conferencing endpoint the camera control instruction to remotely control the camera.

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