Patent ID: 7633517

Claim:
A videoconferencing method for a videoconference client, the method comprising: receiving first audiovisual data for a videoconference from a videoconference server; sending second audiovisual data for the videoconference to the videoconference server; identifying a physical location of the videoconference client; and performing at least one of automatically sending an indicator of the physical location to the videoconference server, wherein the videoconference server obtains physical location video data for the physical location, wherein the videoconference server sends the physical location video data to one or more others of the videoconference clients in the videoconference and presents the physical location video data to the one or more others of the videoconference clients as a series of images shown at increasing magnification, or automatically obtaining the physical location video data for the physical location, and sending the physical location video data to the videoconference server, wherein the videoconference server sends the physical location video data to the one or more others of the videoconference clients in the videoconference and presents the physical location video data to the one or more others of the videoconference clients as a series of images shown at increasing magnification.