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User interface for a video conferencing system
Assignee: Intel Corp
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Filing: 1998-12-31
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Granted: 2000-02-15
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Expires: 2018-12-31
Abstract
Abstract Method and apparatus for video conferencing provides for automatically managing user views to provide ready, video only, full screen video, video with document not shared, and video with shared document views. Several different automatically managed user-interfaces for a dual monitor system provide, among other things, that the second monitor can be used for local video image only, used for all functions except shared applications, or to display shared applications.
Inventors
- 👤 Brian L. Kantor
- 👤 Christopher C. Lawless
- 👤 Puneet Kukkal
- 👤 Rune Skarbo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 00:11
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/14; H04N7/15; G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/14; G06F3/1423; G06F3/147
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
54 words
A method of displaying video in a video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors, comprising: during all modes of video conferencing, displaying remote end video in a first monitor; and displaying near end video and shared applications in a second monitor.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
54 words
A method of displaying video in a video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors, comprising: during all modes of video conferencing, displaying remote end video in a first monitor; and displaying near end video and shared applications in a second monitor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method according to claim 1 further including in one mode of operation displaying a shared application in a first operating system window displayed in the second monitor, and near end video and control options in a second operating system window displayed in the second monitor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method according to claim 2 further including in another mode of operation using the full screen of the second monitor to display the shared application, and displaying near end video in an area on top of the shared application.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 3 further including in another mode of operation displaying the near end video full screen on the second monitor.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of displaying video in a video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors, comprising: in one mode of video conferencing, displaying remote end video in a first monitor and the near end video in a second monitor; and in another mode of operation, displaying near end and far end video in the second monitor, and shared applications in the first monitor.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of displaying video in a video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors, comprising: in one mode of video conferencing, displaying remote end video in a first monitor and the near end video in a second monitor; and in another mode of operation, displaying near end and far end video in the second monitor, and shared applications in the first monitor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 5 further including in the another mode of operation displaying the near end video, the far end video, and control options in an operating system window displayed in the first monitor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method according to claim 6 further including in still another mode of operation using the full screen of the first monitor to display far end video, and displaying near end video in an area on top of the far end video.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
54 words
A method of displaying video in a video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors, comprising: in all modes of video conferencing, displaying near end, remote end, and control options in a first monitor; and displaying shared applications in a second monitor.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
54 words
A method of displaying video in a video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors, comprising: in all modes of video conferencing, displaying near end, remote end, and control options in a first monitor; and displaying shared applications in a second monitor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 8 further including the first monitor performing as the monitor for an operating system, wherein both non-shared and shared applications are displayed in operating system windows of the first monitor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
85 words
A video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors comprising: a display unit producing a video signal for displaying far end video on a first one of the monitors during all modes of operation of the system during a video conference; and the display unit producing a video signal for displaying near end video and shared applications on a second one of the monitors during operation of the system during the video conference.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
85 words
A video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors comprising: a display unit producing a video signal for displaying far end video on a first one of the monitors during all modes of operation of the system during a video conference; and the display unit producing a video signal for displaying near end video and shared applications on a second one of the monitors during operation of the system during the video conference.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
55 words
A system according to claim 10 further including the display unit producing a video signal for displaying a shared application in a first operating system window displayed in the second one of the monitors, and near end video and control options in a second operating system window displayed in the second one of the monitors.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
51 words
A system according to claim 11 further including the display unit, in another mode of operation, producing a video signal for displaying the shared application in the full screen of the second one of the monitors, and for displaying near end video in an area on top of the shared application.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
38 words
A system according to claim 12 further including the display unit, in yet another mode of operation, producing a video signal for displaying the near end video on the full screen of the second one of the monitors.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
89 words
A video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors comprising: a display unit operating in one mode of video conferencing to produce a video signal for displaying remote end video in a first monitor and the near end video in a second monitor; and the display unit operating in another mode of operation to produce a video signal for displaying near end and far end video in the second monitor, and shared applications in the first monitor.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
89 words
A video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors comprising: a display unit operating in one mode of video conferencing to produce a video signal for displaying remote end video in a first monitor and the near end video in a second monitor; and the display unit operating in another mode of operation to produce a video signal for displaying near end and far end video in the second monitor, and shared applications in the first monitor.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
46 words
A system according to claim 5 further including the display unit operating in the another mode of operation to produce a video signal for displaying the near end video, the far end video, and control options in an operating system window displayed in the first monitor.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
52 words
A system according to claim 15 further including the display unit operating in still another mode of operation to produce a video signal for using the full screen of the first monitor to display far end video, and displaying near end video in an area on top of the far end video.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
66 words
A video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors comprising: a display unit operative in all modes of video conferencing to produce a video signal for displaying near end, remote end, and control options in a first monitor; and the display unit producing a video signal for displaying shared applications in a second monitor.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
66 words
A video conferencing system with a near end and a remote end, both of said ends including first and second monitors comprising: a display unit operative in all modes of video conferencing to produce a video signal for displaying near end, remote end, and control options in a first monitor; and the display unit producing a video signal for displaying shared applications in a second monitor.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
24 words
A system according to claim 17 further including the display unit producing a video signal for displaying operating system interfaces in the second monitor.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
88 words
A computer program product comprising computer code embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising: the computer code operative on a computer and producing a video signal for displaying far end video on a first monitor during all modes of operation of the computer code during a video conference; and the computer code operative on a computer and producing a video signal for displaying near end video and shared applications on a second monitor during the video conference, wherein said first and second monitors located at the same site.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
88 words
A computer program product comprising computer code embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising: the computer code operative on a computer and producing a video signal for displaying far end video on a first monitor during all modes of operation of the computer code during a video conference; and the computer code operative on a computer and producing a video signal for displaying near end video and shared applications on a second monitor during the video conference, wherein said first and second monitors located at the same site.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
95 words
A computer program product comprising computer code embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising: the computer code operative on a computer in one mode to produce a video signal for displaying remote end video in a first monitor and the near end video in a second monitor; and the computer code operative on a computer in another mode of operation to produce a video signal for displaying near end and far end video in the second monitor, and shared applications in the first monitor, wherein said first and second monitors located at the same site.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
95 words
A computer program product comprising computer code embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising: the computer code operative on a computer in one mode to produce a video signal for displaying remote end video in a first monitor and the near end video in a second monitor; and the computer code operative on a computer in another mode of operation to produce a video signal for displaying near end and far end video in the second monitor, and shared applications in the first monitor, wherein said first and second monitors located at the same site.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
76 words
A computer program product comprising computer code embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising: the computer code operative on a computer in all modes of operation to produce a video signal for displaying near end, remote end, and control options in a first monitor; and the computer code operative on a computer to produce a video signal for displaying shared applications in a second monitor, wherein said first and second monitors located at the same site.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
76 words
A computer program product comprising computer code embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising: the computer code operative on a computer in all modes of operation to produce a video signal for displaying near end, remote end, and control options in a first monitor; and the computer code operative on a computer to produce a video signal for displaying shared applications in a second monitor, wherein said first and second monitors located at the same site.
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