Patent ID: 8593502

Claim:
A videoconferencing apparatus, comprising: a touch panel generating touch data and having a sensor, the sensor generating a source selection in response to user movement relative thereto; and a videoconferencing device operatively coupled to the touch panel and to a plurality of sources, the videoconferencing device configured to: establish a videoconference with at least one endpoint via a network, send video from at least a first of the sources to the at least one endpoint via the network, receive the source selection from the touch panel when user movement is made relative to the sensor, automatically select at least one second of the sources in response to the source selection, automatically switch from the at least one first source to the at least one second source, and send video from the at least one second source to the at least one endpoint, wherein the sources are selected from the group consisting of a network interface coupled to the at least one endpoint via the network, a camera, a video cassette recorder, a digital versatile disc player, a laptop computer, a personal computer, a programmable controller of visual sources, and an Extended Graphics Array splitter.