Patent ID: 7458029
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling a shared display, comprising: a general purpose computing device comprising a display device; and a computer program comprising program modules executable by the computing device, comprising, a plurality of input modules each providing a different communication modality, and which collectively input information from multiple users, and wherein each input module comprises a translation sub-module which takes the user-inputted information input into that input module and converts it into commands or requests that are recognizable to a logic module, the logic module comprising an application which based on the user-inputted information generates display instructions and data, wherein said user-inputted information comprises at least one of video data or audio data or document data, a layout module which based on the display instructions and data from the logic module generates layout instructions and packages data for display, and a display module which receives the layout instructions and data from the layout module and employs the same to display content in the shared display on the display device.