Patent ID: 6976220
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling remote conferencing between conference participants via at least one conferencing form containing information relating to a remote conferencing session and including coded data indicative of an identity of the conferencing form and of at least one reference point of the conferencing form and via at least one recipient conferencing form remote from said at least one conferencing form and containing information representative of at least one parameter relating to the conferencing session and including recipient coded data indicative of an identity of the recipient conferencing form and of at least one reference point of the recipient conferencing form, the method including the steps of; in a computer system: associating the identity of the conferencing form with a description; causing the conferencing form to be printed by printing the information and the coded data; receiving, indicating data from a sensing device operated by a conference participant involved in the conference session, said indicating data regarding the identity of the conferencing form and a position of the sensing device relative to the conferencing form, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the conferencing form, sensing at least some of the coded data and generating the indicating data using at least some of the sensed coded data; identifying from the indicating data, the at least one parameter relating to the conferencing session; associating an identity of a recipient conferencing form with the description, the identity of the recipient conferencing form being different to the identity of the conferencing form; causing the recipient conferencing form to be printed by printing the information and the coded data; receiving, recipient indicating data from a recipient sensing device operated by another conference participant involved in the conference session, said recipient indicating data regarding the identity of the recipient conferencing form and a position of the recipient sensing device relative to the recipient conferencing form, the recipient sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the recipient conferencing form, sensing at least some of the recipient coded data and generating the recipient indicating data using at least some of the sensed recipient coded data; and generating a “tree” of versions of the conferencing form, wherein the indicating data is used to create a first version of the conferencing form associated with the identity of the conferencing form and the recipient indicating data is used to create a second version of the conferencing form associated with the identity of the recipient conferencing form.