US 10,762,002 B2Granted

Electronic tool and methods with audio for meetings

AssigneeBarco N.V.

InventorsKoen Simon Herman Beel, Yoav Nir, Filip Josephine Johan Louwet, Guy Coen

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Abstract

An electronic meeting tool and method for communicating arbitrary media content from users at a meeting comprises a node configuration means adapted to operate a display node of a communications network, the display node being coupled to a first display. The node configuration means is adapted to receive user selected arbitrary media content and to control display of the user selected arbitrary media content on the first display. A peripheral device adapted to communicate the user selected arbitrary media content via the communications network is a connection unit comprising a connector adapted to couple to a port of a processing device having a second display, a memory and an operating system, and a transmitter. A program is adapted to obtain user selected arbitrary media content, said program leaving a zero footprint on termination. The user may trigger transfer of said user selected arbitrary media content to said transmitter.

Claims23

Dependent claims

A method for connecting a processing device to a communications network, the processing device having a memory, a display and an operating system with pre-installed generic drivers providing a communications protocol for communication between the processing device and a class of peripheral devices, the method comprising:

a) coupling an external peripheral device physically to a port of the processing device,
wherein the peripheral device comprises a wireless transceiver and a connector, said connector configured to couple to the port of the processing device;
b) setting up, by means of a first pre-installed generic audio driver of the operating system, a means for audio communication between the peripheral device and the processing device and by means of a second pre-installed generic driver of the operating system, a means for data communication between the peripheral device and the processing device;
c) using the peripheral device to connect the processing device to a communications network via the wireless transceiver;
d) routing audio data from the processing device to the wireless transceiver via the connector of the peripheral device and the means for audio communication and routing the audio data from the wireless transceiver of the peripheral device to a base node over the communications network, wherein the first pre-installed generic audio driver is used for transferring the audio data between the processing device and the peripheral device.

2 more elements

A system for connecting a processing device to a communications network, the processing device having a memory, a display and an operating system with pre-installed generic drivers providing a generic communications protocol for communication between processing device and a class of peripheral devices, the system comprising:

a) means for coupling an external peripheral device physically to a port of the processing device, the peripheral device comprising a wireless transceiver and a connector, said connector configured to couple to the port of the processing device;
b) means for setting up, by means of a first pre-installed generic audio driver of the operating system, a means for audio communication between the peripheral device and the processing device and by means of a second pre-installed generic driver of the operating system, a means for data communication between the peripheral device and the processing device;
c) wherein the peripheral device is configured in a way to connect the processing device to a communications network via the transceiver;
d) means for routing audio data from the processing device to the wireless transceiver via the connector of the peripheral device and the means for audio communication and means for routing the audio data from the wireless transceiver of the peripheral device to a base node over the communications network, wherein the first pre-installed generic audio driver is used for transferring the audio data between the processing device and the peripheral device.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/344,836Filed 14 Sep 2012 · continuation in part
Priority: 14 Sep 2011
Published: US 2015/0169477 A118 Jun 2015
Granted: 1 Sep 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

G06F 13/102
Program control for peripheral devices: where the program performs an interfacing function, e.g. device driver
G06F 3/16
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for…: sound…
G06F 9/44505
Program loading or initiating: configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
H04L 12/1813
For broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast: for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms

Family

Application61/534,592Us provisional application · filed 14 Sep 2011
Application13/270,659Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 11 Oct 2011
Application61/635,234Us provisional application · filed 18 Apr 2012
US 2015/0169477 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Jun 2015
US 2017/0351621 A9Pre-grant publication · published 7 Dec 2017
US 8,756,348 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 10,628,336 B2Related patent
US 10,691,623 B2Related patent
US 2013/0067121 A1Published application
US 10,762,002 B2This patent

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