# US 2019/0379752 A1 · System and method for collaborative telepresence amongst non-homogeneous endpoints > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0379752 A1 - Document ID: US20190379752A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/549,138 - Filed: 2019-08-23 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-05 - Assignees: Polycom, Inc. - Applicants: Polycom, Inc. - Inventors: Matvey Digilov; Amir Levy; Marek Dutkiewicz; Thomas Quentin Brady; Mike Tucker; Moshe Noah Lipsker; Anat Levy - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190379752A1 ## CPC - H04L 67/54: Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users - H04L 65/403: Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) - H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04L 12/1818: {Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties} - H04M 2203/5054: Meet-me conference, i.e. participants dial-in - H04N 7/15: Conference systems - H04N 7/152: {Multipoint control units therefor} - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A telepresence system which includes at least one display device and a beacon coupled to the display device. The beacon emits a signal so as to be discoverable by electronic devices nearby such as in a meeting location. The system also includes a receiver-controller coupled to the beacon, the receiver-controller configured to enable such electronic devices to be recognized and to join a collaborative session in which content from one electronic device can be shared with other electronic devices. The receiver-controller can and will share some or all of its functions with one or more of the joined devices simultaneously, if security and identity protocols are satisfied. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A telepresence system for an enterprise network, the telepresence system comprising: a display; a beacon coupled to the display and configured to emit a signal discoverable by electronic devices; and a receiver-controller coupled to the beacon, a camera, and a microphone, wherein the receiver-controller is configured to: detect discovery of the beacon by a first electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is associated with a chairperson registered with the enterprise network; receive an instruction from the first electronic device to initiate a collaborative session; initiate the collaborative session, responsive to receiving the instruction; send an invitation to a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is associated with an attendee registered with the enterprise network; and join the second electronic device to the collaborative session, wherein the first electronic device can, due to the first electronic device's association with the chairperson, control the camera, control the display, mute the microphone, mute audio pickup at the second electronic device, share content with the display and the second electronic device; and wherein, once joined to the collaborative session, the second electronic device can, due to the second electronic device's association with the attendee, control the display, unmute the microphone, and share content with the display. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The telepresence system of claim 1, wherein the receiver-controller is further configured to join the second electronic device to the collaborative session through a server. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The telepresence system of claim 2, wherein the receiver-controller is further configured to prompt the second electronic device to display an invitational message on a user interface of the second electronic device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The telepresence system of claim 2, wherein the receiver-controller is further configured to prompt the second electronic device to send to the server a unique ID corresponding to the second electronic device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The telepresence system of claim 2, wherein the second electronic device's controlling the display, unmuting the microphone, and sharing content with the display are done directly via an ultrasonic system or indirectly via the server. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The telepresence system of claim 1, wherein the detection of discovery of the beacon by the first electronic device is done in accordance with at least one of a Bluetooth protocol, a Wi-Fi protocol, and an Ethernet protocol. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The telepresence system of claim 1, wherein the second electronic device's sharing content with the display is done using at least one of a Lync service, a WebEx service, a GoToMeeting service, a DropBox service, a Using AppleTV service, and a Chromecast service. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The telepresence system of claim 1, wherein the second electronic device's sharing content with the display is done in accordance with at least one of a VGA protocol, an HDMI protocol, and a people plus content internet protocol (PPCIP) protocol. ### Claim 9 A telepresence system, comprising; a display device; a camera unit; a microphone; a transmitter-receiver; a processor coupled to the display device, the camera unit, the microphone, the transmitter-receiver; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions comprise instructions to: detect discovery of the transmitter-receiver by a first electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is associated with a chairperson registered with an enterprise network; receive, using the transmitter-receiver, a request from the first electronic device to initiate a collaborative session; initiate, using the transmitter-receiver, the collaborative session, responsive to receiving the request; send, using the transmitter-receiver, an invitation to a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is associated with an attendee registered with the enterprise network; and join, using the transmitter-receiver, the second electronic device to the collaborative session, wherein the first electronic device can, due to the first electronic device's association with the chairperson, control the camera unit, control the display device, mute the microphone, mute audio pickup at the second electronic device and share content with the display device and the second electronic device, and wherein, once joined to the collaborative session, the second electronic device can, due to the second electronic device's association with the attendee, control the display device, unmute the microphone, and share content with the display device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The telepresence system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to join, using the transmitter-receiver, the second electronic device to the collaborative session through a server. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The telepresence system of claim 10, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to prompt, using the transmitter-receiver, the second electronic device to display an invitational message on a user interface of the second electronic device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The telepresence system of claim 10, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to prompt, using the transmitter-receiver, the second electronic device to send to the server a unique ID corresponding to the second electronic device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The telepresence system of claim 10, wherein the second electronic device's controlling the display device, unmuting the microphone, and sharing content with the display device is done directly via an ultrasonic system or indirectly via the server. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The telepresence system of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions so that the detecting the discovery of the transmitter-receiver by the first electronic device is done in accordance with at least one of a Bluetooth protocol, a Wi-Fi protocol, and an Ethernet protocol. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The telepresence system of claim 9, wherein the second electronic device's sharing content with the display device is done using at least one of a Lync service, a WebEx service, a GoToMeeting service, a DropBox service, an Using AppleTV service, and a Chromecast service. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The telepresence system of claim 9, wherein the second electronic device's sharing content with the display device is done in accordance with at least one of a VGA protocol, an HDMI protocol, and a people plus content internet protocol (PPCIP) protocol. ### Claim 17 A method of hosting a collaborative session, comprising; detecting, using a processor, discovery of a transmitter-receiver by a first electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is associated with a chairperson registered with an enterprise network; receiving, using the transmitter-receiver, a request from the first electronic device to initiate a collaborative session; initiating, using the transmitter-receiver, the collaborative session, responsive to receiving the request; sending, using the transmitter-receiver, an invitation to a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is associated with an attendee registered with the enterprise network; joining, using the transmitter-receiver, the second electronic device to the collaborative session, enabling, using the processor, the first electronic device to control a camera unit, control a display device, mute a microphone, mute audio pickup at the second electronic device and share content with the display device and the second electronic device; and enabling, using the processor, the second electronic device to control the display device, unmute the microphone, and share content with the display device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein joining, using the transmitter-receiver, the second electronic device to the collaborative session comprises joining, using the transmitter-receiver, the second electronic device to the collaborative session through a server. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: prompting, using the transmitter-receiver, the second electronic device to display an invitational message on a user interface of the second electronic device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: prompting, using the transmitter-receiver, the second electronic device to send to the server a unique ID corresponding to the second electronic device.