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Patent No.:

US 10631632 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2013

Egalitarian control apparatus and method for sharing information in a collaborative workspace

Applicant:

Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Inventor:

Lewis Epstein, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

STEELCASE INC., Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Attorney:

Quarles & Brady LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jennifer N To

Assistant Examiner:

Ashley M Fortino

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/268 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); A47B 21/06 (2006.01); A47B 13/08 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); A47B 21/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/66 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); A47B 83/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 21/06 (2013.01); A47B 13/08 (2013.01); A47B 21/00 (2013.01); A47B 83/001 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/1647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); G06F 3/1446 (2013.01); H04N 5/268 (2013.01); H04N 5/64 (2013.01); H04N 5/66 (2013.01); H04N 7/104 (2013.01); H04N 7/142 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); A47B 2021/066 (2013.01); A47B 2083/003 (2013.01); A47B 2083/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system of selecting information from video sources to be displayed on at least a subset of a plurality of display screen presentation spaces, the method comprising the steps of providing at least first and second independent selectable control interfaces, each interface including a separately selectable control uniquely associated with each of the display screen presentation spaces, uniquely associating first and second video sources with the first and second control interfaces, for each control interface, receiving an indication each time one of the selectable controls is selected and, upon receiving an indication, providing the video source associated with the control interface used to make the selection to the display screen presentation space associated with the selected selectable control.

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