Personal control apparatus and method for sharing information in a collaborative workspace

A content sharing system for sharing content within a facility space, the system for use with a plurality of portable computing devices, each portable computing device including a display screen on which the dynamic output of programs run by the computing devices is presented, the sharing system comprising:

• a common sharing device for sharing visual content, the sharing device including a large common presentation surface located within the facility space;
• a processor programmed to perform the steps of:
• (i) upon receiving a request from a first of the portable computing devices that includes a first display screen to replicate the content from the first display screen on the common presentation surface, replicating the dynamic output of programs run by the first of the portable computing devices in a first presentation space which includes a first portion of the common presentation surface;
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• (ii) upon receiving a request from a second of the portable computing devices that includes a second display screen to replicate the content from the second display screen on the common presentation surface while the dynamic output of programs run by the first of the portable computing devices is replicated in the first presentation space, replicating the dynamic output of programs run by the second of the portable computing devices in a second presentation space which includes a second portion of the common presentation surface that is different than the first portion of the common presentation surface.

A content sharing system for sharing content within a facility space, the system for use with at least first and second portable content source devices that include first and second display screens on which content may be presented, the sharing system comprising:

• at least a first common sharing device for sharing visual content, the sharing device including at least a first large common presentation surface located within the facility space;
• a visual output indicator located for viewing within the facility space;
• a processor programmed to perform the steps of:
• (i) receiving content from at least one of the content source devices;
• (ii) presenting the content received from the at least one of the content source devices in at least a first presentation space on the common presentation surface;
• (iii) when content from a single source device is presented in first and second presentation spaces on the common presentation surface, controlling the output indicator to indicate that the content in the first and second presentation spaces is from the single source device;
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• (iv) when content from first and second source devices is presented in first and second presentation spaces on the common presentation surface, respectively, controlling the output indicator to indicate that the content in the first and second presentation spaces is from the first and second source devices, respectively.