Patent ID: 7027803

Claim:
A method for transmitting information within a user group, wherein communication terminals are assigned to the individual users of the user group, comprising the steps of: registering the communication terminals of the users belonging to the user group with a central communication device; storing information in the central communication device, wherein the information is assigned to at least one of the whole user group, a subgroup and specific individual users of the user group; at least one of transmitting the information assigned to a user of a communication terminal from the central communication device to the communication terminal via an interface device of the central communication device and outputting the information for the respective user via an output device of the central communication device; determining the presence of a registered communication terminal at least one of a location and in a specific spatial locality around the location of at least one of the interface device and the output device of the central communication device, wherein at least one of the transmission and output of the information is performed if the communication terminal of the respective user is determined as present or as soon as the communication terminal of the respective user is determined as present, wherein the information is stored for at least one of the whole user group, a subgroup, and specific individual users of the user group in the central communication device by use of a keyboard connected to the central communication device.