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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Naoyuki Uramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Shirasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a network conference system, a promoter terminalhas: a speaker selecting sectionwhich selects the promoter terminalitself or one of participant terminalsand, as a speaker terminal which is used by a speaker who makes an announcement in a conference; and a usage function controlling sectionwhich, in accordance with a result of the selection by the speaker selecting section, controls the speaker terminal and the terminal other than the speaker terminal so that a predetermined application is available only in the speaker terminal. Further, method for using the network conference system is provided.