Patent ID: 6266691
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A conference support system having a main information processing apparatus including a main display unit for displaying information, and a pluralityof sub-information processing apparatuses, each having a sub-display unit for displaying information, the apparatuses being connected to one another through a communication passage to communicate information, said conference support system comprising:means for displaying an information display surface on which independent information objects are created, displayed, edited and positioned in accordance with an operation of the main information processing apparatus and/or each of the sub-information processing apparatuses, on the main display unit and each sub-display unit;means for determining an operation right for one of the plurality of sub-information processing apparatuses to operate the information display surface;means for displaying an information input receiving surface receiving input information, on the sub-display unit of the sub-information processing apparatuses, upon acquiring the operation right, and for turning off the information input receiving surface when the operation right of the sub-information processing apparatus is relinquished; andmeans for displaying the input information as the independent information objects on the information display surfaces on the main display unit and the sub-display units.