Portable presentation system and methods for use therewith

A method for establishing a conference session between a plurality of presentation devices including at least first and second presentation devices, the method comprising the steps of:

• creating a conference session involving the first presentation device and at least one other presentation device, the first presentation device comprising at least one first display device on which content to be shared is displayed;
• for at least the second presentation device that includes at least one second display device, upon successful joining to the conference session, automatically sharing content displayed on the first display device with the second presentation device for display on the second display device;
• and
• displaying a toolbar on the first display device, the toolbar including a list of content presented during the conference session.

A presentation system for sharing information within a conference space, the system comprising:

• a plurality of presentation devices located within the conference space, the plurality of presentation devices including at least a first presentation device and a set of other presentation devices, each presentation device including at least one display screen for presenting information, the first presentation device including a first display screen;
• a computer operably linked to the presentation devices to present information thereon, the computer including a processor programmed to perform the steps of:
• presenting a user interface on the first display screen including a workspace and a toolbar, the toolbar including a set of selectable icons including a separate icon for each of the display screens associated with other presentation devices;
• and
• upon receiving selection of one of the selectable icons, presenting an image presented in the workspace on the display screen associated with the selected selection icon.

A method of joining a first computing device to an existing conference session between at least second and third other computing devices, the method comprising the steps of:

• transmitting, by the first computing device wishing to join the conference session, a password to a conference server for validation;
• upon validation of the password, joining the first computing device to the conference session and automatically receiving, at the first computing device, displayed on at least one primary display device of the second computing device that is to be shared and displaying the received content on a display device of the first computing device;
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• wherein said received content comprises a toolbar displayed on the at least one primary display device, the toolbar including a list of content presented during the conference session.

An assembly for sharing content within a conference space, the assembly comprising:

• a plurality of visual presentation devices located within the conference space including a first visual presentation device and a set of other visual presentation devices;
• a server programmed to perform the steps of:
• (i) automatically polling to identify the plurality of visual presentation devices located within the conference space;
• (ii) upon identifying the plurality of visual presentation devices located within the conference space, configuring an interface toolbar including at least a selectable icon for each of the set of other visual presentation devices;
• (iii) presenting the interface toolbar on the first visual presentation device along with a workspace in which content is presented;
• (iv) receiving selection of one of the selectable icons presented on the first visual presentation device;
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• (v) upon receiving the selection of one of the selectable icons, presenting the content from the workspace on the other of the visual display screens associated with the selected one of the selectable icons.