Patent ID: 7113169

Claim:
An apparatus for simultaneous, multiple-user control of displayed information, comprising: at least one computer; an information display, cooperating with said at least one computer, for displaying computer data; at least one application window, running on said at least one computer, being displayed on said information display; at least one means for commanding said at least one application window by each of a plurality of simultaneous users; a voice verification program, running on said at least one computer, for creating and verifying each of said plurality of simultaneous user's biometric voiceprints; said voice verification program further comprising: means for authenticating said voiceprint during each of said user's logon so as to grant system access; means for creating a user identification being associated with said voiceprint; and means for associating each of said user's commands, chosen from said at least one means for commanding, with each of corresponding said user's said identification and said voiceprint; at least one means for scanning said information display, said at least one means for scanning said information display being capable of producing a composite image of said information display, wherein said composite image comprises each of said at least one application window and each of said at least one means for commanding by each of said plurality of simultaneous users, incident anywhere on said information display; a means for capturing said composite image and converting said composite image to a digital form; an image processing program running on said at least one computer, said image processing program being capable of processing said digital form of said composite image, and a speech recognition program, running on said at least one computer, for recognizing said at least one means for commanding.