Threshold configuration and system for space

1. A method for use with a threshold display surface, the method for facilitating employee transitions into and out of meeting spaces proximate the threshold display surface, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a space schedule in a database where the space schedule indicates meetings scheduled for meeting spaces in an enterprise space;

storing employee schedules in a database where the employee schedules indicate meetings that employees are scheduled to attend within the meeting spaces;

identifying locations of employees within the enterprise space in which the threshold display surface resides;

determining identities of employees at locations proximate the threshold display surface;

when a first employee is proximate the threshold display surface, identifying a meeting that the first employee is scheduled to attend in one of the meeting spaces;

presenting meeting status information related to status of the meeting that the first employee is to attend via the threshold display surface;

determining statuses of other employees scheduled to attend the meeting that the first employee is to attend;

presenting employee status information for at least a subset of the other employees scheduled to attend the meeting via the threshold display surface; and

after the meeting that the first employee is to attend is completed, detecting that the first employee is approaching the threshold display surface and presenting other information associated with the completed meeting to the first employee for consideration.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the meeting status information changes automatically as the distance between the employee and the threshold display surface changes.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein at least some of the employee status information includes information related to locations of the other employees.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein at least some of the employee status information relates to estimated times of arrival of employees scheduled to attend the meeting.

5. A method for use with a threshold display surface, the method for facilitating employee transitions into and out of meeting spaces proximate the threshold display surface, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a space schedule in a database where the space schedule indicates meetings scheduled for meeting spaces in an enterprise space;

storing employee schedules in a database where the employee schedules indicate meetings that employees are scheduled to attend within the meeting spaces;

identifying locations of employees within the enterprise space in which the threshold display surface resides;

presenting meeting status information related to status of a meeting via the threshold display surface;

determining statuses of other employees scheduled to attend the meeting;

presenting employee status information for at least a subset of the employees scheduled to attend the meeting via the threshold display surface; and

after the meeting is completed, detecting that a first employee is approaching the threshold display surface and presenting other information associated with the completed meeting to the first employee for consideration.

6. A method for use with a threshold display surface, the method for facilitating employee transitions into and out of meeting spaces proximate the threshold display surface, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a space schedule in a database where the space schedule indicates meetings scheduled for meeting spaces in an enterprise space;

identifying locations of employees within the enterprise space in which the threshold display surface resides including the location of a first employee;

determining that the first employee attends a meeting in the enterprise space;

presenting meeting status information related to status of the meeting via the threshold display surface while the meeting is ongoing; and

after the meeting is completed, detecting that the first employee is approaching the threshold display surface and presenting other information via the threshold display surface associated with the completed meeting to the first employee for consideration.

7. A system for transitioning employees from one enterprise space to another enterprise space, the system comprising:

a database storing schedule information associated with different meeting spaces within the enterprise space;

at least a first threshold display surface for presenting digital content to at least one employee when the emissive surface is in the field of view of the at least one employee, the first threshold display surface located proximate at least a first meeting space;

an employee tracking system for tracking the locations and identities of employees within the enterprise space;

a processor programmed to present content on the emissive surface, the processor programmed to perform the steps of:

(i) receiving employee tracking information including locations and identities of employees from the tracking system;

(ii) determining the relative juxtapositions of employees in the enterprise space with respect to the first threshold display surface;

(iii) identifying content to be presented on the first threshold display surface based on identity of a first employee located near the first threshold display surface, a distance between the first employee and the threshold display surface and the schedule information in the database for the first meeting space; and

(iv) presenting the identified content via the first threshold display surface;

after the meeting that the first employee is to attend is completed, detecting that the first employee is approaching the threshold display surface and presenting other information associated with the completed meeting to the first employee for consideration.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein at least some of the content include information related to identities of employees in the first meeting space.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the other information associated with the completed meeting includes a content queue that renders content considered during the meeting accessible.

10. A system for transitioning employees from one enterprise space to another enterprise space, the system comprising:

a database storing schedule information associated with different meeting spaces within the enterprise space;

at least a first threshold display surface for presenting digital content to at least one employee when the emissive surface is in the field of view of the at least one employee, the first threshold display surface located proximate at least a first meeting space;

an employee tracking system for tracking the locations and identities of employees within the enterprise space;

a processor programmed to present content on the emissive surface, the processor programmed to perform the steps of:

(i) receiving employee tracking information including locations and identities of employees from the tracking system;

(ii) determining the relative juxtapositions of employees in the enterprise space with respect to the first threshold display surface;

(iii) identifying content to be presented on the first threshold display surface based on identity of a first employee located near the first threshold display surface, a distance between the first employee and the threshold display surface and the schedule information in the database for the first meeting space; and

(iv) determining whether the first employee is scheduled to attend a meeting;

(v) determining whether the first employee is within an intermediate distance range of the display surface, further away than the intermediate distance range or closer than the intermediate distance range; and

(vi) presenting first, second and third content sets when the first employee is closer than the intermediate distance range, within the intermediate distance range and farther away than the intermediate distance range, respectively, wherein the first and second content sets are more detailed than the third content set when the employee is scheduled to attend the meeting, and the more detailed first and second content sets are not displayed to a second employee who is not scheduled to attend the meeting.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the processor offers an employee that is closer than the intermediate distance range an option to view the third content set and only presents the third content set when the employee accepts the option.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the third content set includes more detailed personal information than the first and second content sets.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the display surface includes at least one section arranged so that the surface thereof is relatively precluded by an employee that is proximate the display surface and wherein the third content set is presented on the at least one section while content in the first and second content sets is presented on other sections of the display surface.

14. A method for use with a threshold display surface, the method for facilitating employee transitions into and out of meeting spaces proximate the threshold display surface, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a space schedule in a database where the space schedule indicates meetings scheduled for meeting spaces in an enterprise space;

storing employee schedules in a database where the employee schedules indicate meetings that employees are scheduled to attend within the meeting spaces;

identifying locations of employees within the enterprise space in which the threshold display surface resides;

determining identities of employees at locations proximate the threshold display surface;

when a first employee is proximate the threshold display surface, identifying a meeting that the first employee is scheduled to attend in one of the meeting spaces;

presenting meeting status information related to status of the meeting that the first employee is to attend via the threshold display surface;

determining statuses of other employees scheduled to attend the meeting that the first employee is to attend;

presenting employee status information for at least a subset of the other employees scheduled to attend the meeting via the threshold display surface;

wherein, when a second employee is proximate the threshold display surface at the same time as the first employee, identifying a second meeting that the second employee is scheduled to attend in one of the meeting spaces;

presenting meeting status information related to status of the second meeting that the second employee is to attend via the threshold display surface at the same time that the status information related to status of the first meeting is displayed;

determining statuses of other employees scheduled to attend the second meeting that the second employee is to attend; and

presenting employee status information for at least a subset of the other employees scheduled to attend the second meeting via the threshold display surface.