Method and system for making functional devices available to participants of meetings

A first peripheral device for making a functional device available to a processing device, the functional device being connected to or in a base unit of a communications network, the processing device having a memory, a display and an operating system, the first peripheral device comprising:

• a connector for coupling to the processing device via a generic communications protocol;
• a base having a processing engine and memory;
• and
• a wireless transceiver,
• wherein the first peripheral device is configured to expose at least one fixed or configurable endpoint related to the functional device,
• wherein the first peripheral device is configured to receive first processed video data over the communications network from the base unit, wherein the first processed video data is generated by being processed in the base unit from first video data flowing from the functional device into the base unit or the first video data being captured in the base unit,
• wherein the first peripheral device is configured to process the first processed video data received by the first peripheral device to generate second video data,
• wherein the first peripheral device is configured to make the second video data available through the at least one fixed or configurable endpoint of the first peripheral device to the processing device, such that the operating system of the processing device is configured to capture the second video data and to make the second video data available through a custom or standard driver to an application running on the processing device or to other processing devices,
• wherein the first peripheral device is configured to receive a third video data from the processing device, and being further configured to process the third video data to form a second processed video data, and
• wherein the first peripheral device is configured to transmit the second processed video data to the base unit, such that the base unit receives the second processed video data, to decode and/or to enhance the second processed video data and to subsequently forward the second processed video data to a second peripheral device which is connected to the base unit through a serial connection.