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Electronic conference control device, electronic conference assistance method, storage medium, and computer data signal

US7859483B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 2006
Grant dateDec 28, 2010
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/14
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic conference control device has a display controller that controls display of common screen images commonly displayed on display devices, local screen images displayed only on a connected one of the display devices, cut screen images generated by extracting a screen image portion contained in a closed space having a region designated by a user on a screen image displayed on the connected one of the display devices, and common cut screen images commonly displayed on the display devices on the connected one of the display devices, and a screen-dividing processor that, upon selection of one or multiple common cut screen images from among common cut screen images contained in a common screen image displayed on the screen and input of an instruction to start a local discussion at the site, to thereby manage the selected common cut screen image also as a local cut screen image.

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