Patent ID: 8458251

Claim:
A conference aided system, which is configured by interconnecting a conference management server, an input board having a board surface and used to input handwritten information, and a storage device via a network, and aids execution of process associated with a conference, wherein the conference management server comprises: a storage unit adapted to store address information which indicates a storage location of conference reference used in a conference; and a transmission unit adapted to transmit, to the input board, the address information corresponding to an acquisition request of the address information, which is acquired from said storage unit in response to the acquisition request from the input board, and the input board comprises: a request unit adapted to request, on the basis of user's operation, of the conference management server, address information indicating a storage location of conference reference used in the conference utilizing the input board by transmitting, to the conference management server, conference room information specifying a conference room where the input board is set; a reception unit adapted to receive the address information corresponding to a request by said request unit from the conference management server; an acquisition unit adapted to acquire the conference reference from the storage device, which is designated by the address information received by said reception unit; and a rendering unit adapted to render the conference reference acquired by said acquisition unit on the board surface of the input board, wherein the request unit does not require a user to input the conference room information; and wherein the address information received by said reception unit is decided, by the conference management server, based on the conference room information.