Patent ID: 6964022
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electronic board system, comprising: an electronic board including a screen for displaying information items of interest in different areas of the screen; apparatus for sensing which areas of the screen are of current interest to users viewing the screen; an input device for receiving information items to be displayed on the electronic board from a plurality of users; a memory for storing information items received from the input device; and a processor for selecting which information items from the input device and the memory to display on the screen, for determining where and how to display the selected information items on the screen and for displaying the selected information items in the different areas on the screen; wherein the processor dynamically selects which information items to display on the screen in accordance with a predetermined relationship based on group-based recommendation criteria, wherein group-based recommendation criteria comprise preferences of a group of users such that the processor displays information that is likely to be at least of interest to several members of a group, and reactively selects which information items to display on the screen in accordance with sensed user interest as determined by the sensing apparatus, wherein, in response to user interest as determined by the sensing apparatus, the processor displays more items on the screen that are similar to items in the sensed areas at the expense of items in areas in which there is less user interest.