Registration for interactive whiteboard

1. A method of pairing a computer system and an interactive display surface, comprising:

at each one of a plurality of computer systems:

generating a code corresponding to a set of positions on an interactive surface, wherein the code generated by each of the plurality of computer systems is different; and

storing the respective code;

at one of the plurality of computer systems:

generating an image for display, the generated image being in dependence on the code associated with said one of the plurality of computer systems;

at an interactive display surface:

detecting selection of a set of positions on said surface; and

transmitting a code, from said interactive surfaces, corresponding to the set of detected positions;

further at the one of the plurality of computer systems:

receiving the transmitted code;

comparing the stored code and the received transmitted code; and

pairing the one of the plurality of computer systems and the interactive display surface in determination of a match in the comparing step.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

displaying a plurality of points on said interactive display surfaces, wherein the image generated for display comprises the set of positions, the set of positions being displayed at a sequence of positions.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the set of positions are displayed with a sequence indicator, the step of detecting including detecting the sequence order, and the stored code further corresponding to an order of sequence positions.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising in dependence on determination of a match, calibrating said interactive display surface and said one of the plurality of computers in dependence on the transmitted code and the stored code.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing computer program code which, when executed on a computer system, performs the method of claim 1 .

6. A method of pairing a computer system of an interactive display system with an interactive display surface, comprising, at one of a plurality of computer systems:

generating a code corresponding to a set of positions on an interactive surface, wherein the code generated is different for each of the plurality of computer systems;

displaying an image in dependence upon the respective code;

receiving a code representing one or more detected positions selected on an interactive display surface;

comparing the generated code and the received code; and

pairing with the interactive display surface in dependence on a match in the comparing step.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method of claim 6 .

8. The method according to claim 6 wherein the step of generating a code comprises predetermining a plurality of positions, and predetermining a sequence of said plurality of positions, and the step of receiving comprises receiving data identifying a plurality of detected positions, and a sequence of said detected positions, wherein the comparing step further includes comparing said sequences.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of displaying includes displaying the images on the interactive display of said one of the plurality of interactive display systems, wherein responsive to a match the displayed image is calibrated in dependence upon the detected positions.

10. An interactive display system including a computer system and an interactive display, comprising:

a memory in a computer system of one of a plurality of computer systems for storing a code corresponding to a sequence of positions on an interactive surface, wherein the code is different for each one of the plurality of computer systems;

a detector at an interactive surface of one of a plurality of interactive surfaces for detecting selection of a sequence of positions on said surface;

a transmitter, at said one of the plurality of interactive surfaces, for transmitting a code corresponding to the sequence of detected positions;

a comparator, at said one of the plurality of computer systems, for comparing a stored codes with a code received from the transmitter of said one of the plurality of interactive surfaces; and

a controller, at said one of the plurality of interactive displays for pairing one of the plurality of interactive surface with said one of the plurality of computers in determination of a match.

11. A computer system of an interactive display system including a plurality of computer systems, comprising:

a memory for storing a code corresponding to a sequence of positions on an interactive surface, wherein the code is different for each one of the plurality of computer systems;

a receiver for receiving a code identifying one or more detected positions selected on an interactive display surface; and

a comparator for comparing the received and stored codes, wherein in dependence on a match said computer systems is paired with the interactive display surface from which the code was received.

12. The computer system according to claim 11 wherein the stored code corresponds to a sequence of positions and the received code corresponds to a sequence of detected positions, wherein the comparator compare said sequences.