Patent ID: 8164616

Claim:
A videoconference system comprising: a conference server; a head office controller and one or more local controllers, each connected to the conference server via an Internet connection; and a plurality of camera-equipped microphones connected to the head office controller and the local controllers respectively, wherein each of the plurality of camera-equipped microphones includes an utterance request operation means to be operated when an utterance request is made, wherein the head office controller and the local controllers include a console panel respectively, wherein the console panel includes: an utterance request operation means, a reproduction means for reproducing video and audio signals delivered from the conference server, a selection means for selecting one of the connected camera-equipped microphones or the connected local controllers, and an utterance request indicating means for indicating, among the connected camera-equipped microphones and the connected local controllers, the local controller or the camera-equipped microphone whose utterance request operation means is under operation, wherein the conference server delivers, to all of the console panels, video and audio signals received from the camera-equipped microphone selected by the head office controller or the camera-equipped microphone selected in the local controller selected by the head office controller.