Conference system

A conference system comprising:

• at least one information processing apparatus including
• a memory storing a program;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the program to implement a process of managing a conference area of a conference;
• wherein the processor first receives a participation notification to participate in the conference from an information terminal via a first communication apparatus, which is connected to the conference system and has a first communication range that covers the conference area of the conference, and in response to receiving a notification from a second communication apparatus connected to the conference system that the information terminal has entered a second communication range of the second communication apparatus, the processor implements a process to extend the conference area of the conference to include the information terminal that sent the participation notification via the first communication when present in the first communication range and that has entered the second communication range of the second communication apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that when executed causes an information processing apparatus to implement processes of:

• managing a conference area of a conference;
• receiving a participation notification to participate in the conference from an information terminal via a first communication apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus, the first communication apparatus having a first communication range that covers the conference area of the conference;
• receiving a notification from a second communication apparatus, which is connected to the information processing apparatus, that the information terminal has entered a second communication range of the second communication apparatus;
• and
• extending the conference area of the conference, in response to receiving the notification from the second communication apparatus that the information terminal has entered the second communication range, to include the information terminal that sent the participation notification via the first communication when present in the first communication range and that has entered the second communication range of the second communication apparatus.