Patent ID: 8878893
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for creating situation awareness when scheduling video conferences, the method comprising: providing, at a video conferencing device, a user with access to a set of names stored in a directory service database; receiving a user action designating one or more names in the directory service database as selected; in response to one or more names being designated as selected, retrieving geographical location values associated with said one or more names in the directory service database; providing a visual representation of at least a part of the Earth's surface; mapping said geographical location values to corresponding locations on said visual representation; and displaying, on a display, said visual representation and one or more graphical objects, wherein said graphical objects visually indicate the corresponding locations on said visual representations, wherein when geographical location values for the one or more names designated is not stored in the directory service database, geographical information is determined based on network connection information for the one or more names.