Patent ID: 9727207
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09B,G09G,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A system supporting distributed digital content collaboration, the system comprising: at least a first electronic display that provides display surface; a computer system having a user interface, a processor and a database linked to the processor, the database storing collaboration session data for at least one collaboration session, the collaboration data including data objects displayable on display surfaces, the processor linkable to the at least a first electronic display and programmed to perform the steps of: identifying unused display surfaces including a first display surface on at least a portion of the first electronic display; sending an identifier to each of the unused display surfaces, wherein the identifiers are presented on the display surfaces as display identification codes for associated surfaces, the identifiers including a first identifier associated with the first display surface; receiving user input via the user interface indicating at least the first identifier; determining that the received identifier matches the first identifier sent to the first display surface; and in response to the determination, configuring the first display surface to cooperate with the processor to facilitate content collaboration.