SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE MEETING WITH BOTH IN-ROOM ATTENDEES AND REMOTE ATTENDEES
A system for enabling an interactive meeting between attendees physically located in a room as well as attendees located remotely from the room, comprising: a server which runs an application for controlling the interactive meeting; a plurality of projectors located in the room; and a plurality of displays in the room for displaying content from the plurality of projectors; wherein the application is arranged so that user provided settings can be configured to select which, of a plurality of types of content, is to be displayed on which of the plurality of displays; and wherein an attendee located remotely from the room, joins an interactive meeting via a web application using a web browser, and uses the web browser to view content being displayed on the displays in the room by using the web application on a first device to access content of one of the plurality of types, and using the web application on a second device to access content of another one of the plurality of types; and wherein the web application is arranged so that user provided settings can be configured to select which of a plurality of types of content is to be displayed on which of the first or second device.
1 . A system for enabling an interactive meeting between attendees physically located in a room as well as attendees located remotely from the room, comprising:
a server which runs an application for controlling the interactive meeting;
a plurality of projectors located in the room; and
a plurality of displays in the room for displaying content from the plurality of projectors;
wherein the application is arranged so that user provided settings can be configured to select which, of a plurality of types of content, is to be displayed on which of the plurality of displays; and
wherein an attendee located remotely from the room, joins an interactive meeting via a web application using a web browser, and uses the web browser to view content being displayed on the displays in the room by using the web application on a first device to access content of one of the plurality of types, and using the web application on a second device to access content of another one of the plurality of types; and
wherein the web application is arranged so that user provided settings can be configured to select which of a plurality of types of content is to be displayed on which of the first or second device.
2 . The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of types of content includes a video feed from an attendee, an interactive whiteboard, or a document.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the document is provided by an attendee located remotely from the room.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein an attendee located remotely from the room uses the web application to open additional instances of a web browser session on a device running the web browser and web application, in order to view content of the plurality of types.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first device is a laptop computer and the second device is a tablet computer or mobile phone.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user-provided settings, once configured, persist from one meeting to another.
7 . A method of enabling an interactive meeting between attendees located physically in a room as well as attendees located remotely from the room, comprising the steps of:
(a) controlling a first display, located in the room, to display a first type of content;
(b) controlling a second display, located in the room, to display a second type of content; and
(c) controlling a third display, located in the room, to display a third type of content;
wherein a user configures an application to select, for each of the first, second and third displays, which type of content is to be displayed on which display;
wherein an attendee located remotely from the room, joins an interactive meeting via a web application using a web browser and uses the web browser to view content being displayed on the displays in the room and uses the web application on a first device to access content of one of the plurality of types, and uses the web application on a second device to access content of another one of the plurality of types;
wherein the web application is arranged so that user provided settings can be configured to select which of a plurality of types of content is to be displayed on which of the first or second device.
8 . The method of claim 7 wherein the first, second and third types of content are a video feed from an attendee, an interactive whiteboard, and a document.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the document is provided by an attendee located remotely from the room.
10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein an attendee located remotely from the room uses the web application to open additional instances of a web browser session on a device running the web browser and web application, in order to view content of the plurality of types.
11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the first device is a laptop computer and the second device is a tablet computer or mobile phone.
12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein once the user configures the application to create a set of configurations, the set of configurations persist from one meeting to another.
13 . A computer program for carrying out the steps of any preceding method claim when the computer program is executed on a computer processing system.