Patent ID: 7349008

Claim:
A method for capturing a presentation occurring in a presentation room, comprising: determining a number of audio-visual camera units to use in the capture of the presentation; determining a type of the presentation room; determining applicable videography rules based on the number of audio-visual camera units and the type of presentation room; capturing the presentation using the audio-visual camera units; determining, setting, and fixing a zoom level of at least one of the audio-visual camera units based on a history of a presenter's movements in the presentation room such that if the presenter moves around the presentation room a great deal then the zoom level is zoomed out more than if the presenter does not move around the presentation room a great deal; changing the zoom level only if the presenter moves out of a field-of-view of the audio-visual camera unit; and managing the capture of the presentation based on the applicable videography rules and the history of the presenter's movements in the presentation room; wherein the applicable videography rules further comprise camera positioning rules that determine a location in the presentation room of the audio-visual camera units; wherein the camera positioning rules further comprise positioning a first one of the audio-visual camera units to avoid capture by any other audio-visual camera units.