Patent ID: 9654729
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of connecting a man-machine interface for manipulation of at least one data source connected to a video conference system for a video conference, the data source is not a video camera, the method comprising: generating first signals by the man-machine interface, the first signals generated to manipulate application data stored in the data source for joint processing of at least one document stored in the data source by conference participants during the video conference; transmitting the first signals as at least one command generated in accordance with far end camera control (FECC) protocol to the video conference system via a transmission channel provided to control a video camera during the video conference, the transmission channel being operated according to FECC protocol; a terminal manipulating the application data based on the received first signals when a response to a message indicates the control of the application data based on the received first signals is permitted; and the terminal not adjusting the application data in accordance with instructions provided by the first signals when the response to the message indicates the control based on the received first signals is not permitted.