Patent ID: 9053456
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: detecting one or more of a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag or an infrared (IR) tag using a room detection component of a conference system, the detected IR tag or the RFID tag operative to store encoded data corresponding to a room where a conference system is located; detecting the room where the conference system is located using the detected RFID tag or IR tag and the room detection component; determining one or more room properties associated with the detected room using a database component of the conference system, the one or more determined room properties comprising at least one of: dimensions of the detected room, a time zone of the detected room, a presence of windows in the detected room, or one or more properties of a lighting system in the detected room, one or more properties of an audio system in the detected room, one or more properties of a video system in the detected room, one or more properties of a room projector system, or one or more properties of furniture in the detected room; determining lighting conditions for a scheduled conference in the detected room based upon the one or more determined room properties using a conference configuration component of the conference system; and sending a control directive using the conference configuration component of the conference system to configure one or more conference elements in the detected room in response to the determined lighting conditions using one or more properties of a lighting layout profile or a time of the scheduled conference, the one or more conference elements comprising one or more of room lighting, room video, room audio, or a room projector system used by the conference system for the scheduled conference; and provisioning the conference system for conference participants and using a notification component of the conference system to provide conference information to the conference participants.