Initiating live presentation content sharing via radio frequency beacons

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9854411-B2
Application number	US-201615040652-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2016
Priority date	Oct 12, 2012
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

Systems, methods, and modes are disclosed for sharing presentation content displayed on a meeting room display during a meeting. The system comprises one or more presentation gateways each associated with a network address and configured for receiving and transmitting presentation content to a meeting room display during a meeting. The system further comprises one or more RF beacons each associated with a presentation gateway and configured for broadcasting information. The system also comprises a portable electronic device that pairs with the presentation gateway to share presentation content by: receiving from at least one of the one or more RF beacons the broadcasted information, estimating a distance to the at least one of the one or more RF beacons according to a detected signal strength of the RF beacon broadcast, determining a location of the portable electronic device based on the distance to the at least one of the one or more RF beacons, identifying a presentation gateway network address based on the determined location, and pairing with a presentation gateway using the identified presentation gateway network address.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for sharing presentation content displayed on a meeting room display during a meeting comprising:
one or more presentation gateways each associated with a network address and configured for receiving presentation content and transmitting said presentation content to a meeting room display during a meeting;
one or more RF beacons each associated with a presentation gateway and configured for broadcasting information comprising an application identifier;
a portable electronic device associated with a user ID and comprising at least one interface configured for enabling communication between the portable electronic device and the one or more RF beacons and communication between the portable electronic device and the presentation gateway, a display, a memory encoding one or more processor-executable instructions, and a processor configured to load the one or more processor-executable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause acts to be performed comprising:
receiving from at least one of the one or more RF beacons the broadcasted information including the application identifier,
transmitting the broadcasted information to an application associated with the application identifier,
estimating a distance to the at least one of the one or more RF beacons according to a detected signal strength of the RF beacon broadcast,
determining a location of the portable electronic device based on the distance to the at least one of the one or more RF beacons,
identifying a presentation gateway network address based on the determined location,
pairing with a presentation gateway using the identified presentation gateway network address, and
communicating with the paired presentation gateway to share presentation content, wherein the presentation content is displayed on a meeting room display during a meeting.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the location of the portable electronic device is determined by identifying a nearest RF beacon by comparing the detected signal strengths of the at least one of the one or more RF beacons and identifying the strongest received signal.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the broadcasted information of each of the one or more RF beacons comprises a network address of the presentation gateway associated with a respective RF beacon.

4. The system of claim 3 ,
wherein the location of the portable electronic device is determined by identifying a nearest RF beacon by comparing the detected signal strengths of the at least one of the one or more RF beacons and identifying the strongest received signal, and
wherein the presentation gateway network address is identified by identifying the presentation gateway network address received from the nearest RF beacon.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the broadcasted information of each of the one or more RF beacons comprises a beacon ID, wherein each beacon ID is associated with a presentation gateway network address.

6. The system of claim 5 ,
wherein the location of the portable electronic device is determined by identifying a nearest RF beacon by comparing the detected signal strengths of the at least one of the one or more RF beacons and identifying the strongest received signal, and
wherein the presentation gateway network address is identified by identifying the presentation gateway network address associated with a beacon ID received from the nearest RF beacon.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the association between each beacon ID and presentation gateway network address is stored in the memory of the portable electronic device.

8. The system of claim 5 ,
wherein the association between each beacon ID and presentation gateway network address is stored on a remote server, and
wherein the presentation gateway network address is identified by querying the remote server with a beacon ID received from the nearest RF beacon to identify an associated network address of a presentation gateway.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the broadcasted information of each of the one or more RF beacons comprises a remote server network address, wherein the one or more processor-executable instructions cause further acts to be performed comprising:
connecting to the remote server using the received remote server network address.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein when the portable electronic device receives broadcasted information from only a single RF beacon, the portable electronic device pairs with a presentation gateway associated with the single RF beacon.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the location of the portable electronic device is determined via trilateration.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the location of the portable electronic device is determined by:
determining location coordinates of the portable electronic device via trilateration,
mapping the location coordinates on a floor plan, and
identifying an area in which the portable electronic device is located.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the floor plan is stored in the memory of the portable electronic device or a remote server.

14. The system of claim 12 , further comprising one or more area records each associated with an area and comprising a network address of a presentation gateway installed in the area.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more area records are stored in the memory of the portable electronic device or a remote server.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein each presentation gateway comprises a built-in web server associated with a unique network address.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processor-executable instructions cause further acts to be performed comprising:
opening an application associated with the application identifier.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processor-executable instructions cause further acts to be performed comprising:
determining whether an application associated with the application identifier is present on the portable electronic device,
upon determining that the application associated with the application identifier is not present on the portable electronic device, downloading the application based on the application identifier, and
opening the application associated with the application identifier.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processor-executable instructions cause further acts to be performed comprising:
determining an access level of the user ID to the paired presentation gateway, wherein the access level comprises rules that restrict communication between the portable electronic device and the paired presentation gateway.

20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processor-executable instructions cause further acts to be performed comprising:
authenticating a user ID,
determining an access level of an authenticated user ID to the paired presentation gateway, and
providing an unauthenticated user ID limited predefined access level to the paired presentation gateway.

21. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processor-executable instructions cause further acts to be performed comprising:
receiving from a remote server a schedule of the determined location of the portable electronic device,
identifying a scheduled meeting event that corresponds to a current date and time of day,
accessing a list of meeting participants for the identified scheduled meeting event,
determining whether the user ID matches a user ID in the list of meeting p

Assignees

• Crestron Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Bargetzi Fred
• Jackson Daniel
• Donlan Brian

Classifications

• G01S5/0295

  Proximity-based methods, e.g. position inferred from reception of particular signals · CPC title

• H04L12/1813

  for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms (instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• H04L63/20

  for managing network security; network security policies in general (filtering policies H04L63/0227) · CPC title

• H04L63/105

  Multiple levels of security · CPC title

• G01S5/14

  Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location · CPC title