Patent ID: 8358327

Claim:
In a video conferencing system including at least one monitor, a conventional remote controller, at least one camera and a coder and decoder (CODEC) facilitating compression of video signals for transmission and de-compression of video signals for display, said CODEC being electrically connected to said camera and monitor and including a receiver for receiving signals from said remote controller, said CODEC having a first port for transmission and receipt of Application Programming Interface (API) signals and a second port for transmission and receipt of capture video signals, the improvement comprising a touch screen remote controller for said video conferencing system comprising: a) a computer; b) a video capture device connected to said computer; c) a touch screen system; d) said computer being connected to said first port of said CODEC and said video capture device being connected to said second port of said CODEC; e) said touch screen system being interconnected with said computer directly and via said video capture device; f) said video capture device including means for capturing a video output of said CODEC corresponding to display on said monitor of areas corresponding to system functions.