Patent ID: 9699408
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A47B,G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A cable management system for use in providing an interface between one or more pieces of video/audio presentation equipment and a video/audio source device configured to generate one or more signals that can connect to and cause at least one of an audio presentation and a visual presentation to be presented on said one or more pieces of video/audio presentation equipment, the cable management system comprising: a first portion that includes at least a first control cable, each control cable with a respective cable connector that is configured to operably link with a respective video/audio source device and to carry respective electrical signals from the video/audio source device to the one or more pieces of video/audio presentation equipment through the respective one or more cables; one or more control buttons, each of which is configured to generate a control signal when pressed by a user of the video/audio source device, the control signal causing transfer of control of the one or more pieces of video/audio presentation equipment from the video/audio source device of a previous user upon selection of the one or more buttons while the previous user is controlling the one or more pieces of video/audio presentation equipment to the video/audio source device of the user that pressed a respective one of the control buttons and initiating control of the one or more pieces of video/audio presentation equipment upon selection of the one or more buttons while no user is controlling the one or more pieces of video/audio presentation equipment; and one or more illuminated indicators configured to illuminate in a manner indicative of a control state of the one or more pieces of video/audio presentation equipment.