Portable presentation system and methods for use therewith

An assembly for use with a display configuration including a master presentation sub-space and a plurality of slave presentation sub-spaces, the assembly for controlling an information sharing session, the assembly comprising:

• a processor linked to the display configuration and programmed to perform the steps of:
• obtaining identification information from a plurality of information sources wherein each source is linkable to the processor to provide information usable to generate images on the presentation sub-spaces during a session, at least a first of the information sources including a computer running an application program to generate images corresponding to application program output;
• presenting a master interface via the master presentation sub-space, the interface including:
• a master workspace area for generating session images;
• a tool bar area including panel icons for each of a plurality of session images generated during a session and a separate source icon for each of the information sources usable to generate images on the presentation sub-spaces during a session;
• the processor further programmed to perform the steps of:
• upon selection of one of the panel icons, presenting an image associated with the selected panel icon within the master workspace area;
• and
• upon selection of one of the source icons, presenting images generated via information from the source associated with the selected source icon within the master workspace area.

A method for use with a display configuration including a master presentation sub-space and a plurality of slave presentation sub-spaces, the assembly for controlling an information sharing session, the method comprising the steps of:

• linking a processor to the display configuration, the processor programmed to perform the steps of:
• obtaining identification information from information sources usable to generate images on the presentation sub-spaces during a session;
• presenting an interface via the master presentation sub-space, the interface including:
• a master workspace area for presenting images via the master presentation sub-space;
• and
• a tool area including:
• (i) a separate source icon for each of the information sources usable to generate images on the presentation sub-spaces during a session, each source icon selectable via the interface to present information from an associated source as an image in the master workspace area,
• (ii) a separate panel icon corresponding to each of a plurality of session images generated during a session, the session images including at least images moved from the master workspace area to one of the slave presentation sub-spaces at some time during a session, wherein, upon selection of a panel icon, an instance of the session image associated with the panel icon is presented in the master workspace area.