The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2008
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Ohtsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Ishibashi, Saitama, JP;
Koichi Fujishima, Chiba, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Ohtsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Ishibashi, Saitama, JP;
Koichi Fujishima, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a communication system having at least three communication devices communicating with each other, a seating-order determination device for generating seating-order information for information sent from each communication device and for transmitting the seating-order information to each communication device is provided. Each communication device controls the output position of each information according to the seating-order information to output the information sent from the other communication devices in a seating order corresponding to the seating-order information. The seating order is always automatically changed to the most appropriate condition according to the progress of a conference and the state of conversations to provide the user with a comfortable conference environment and a comfortable communication environment.