Simplified projection of content from computer or mobile devices into appropriate videoconferences

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9891803-B2
Application number	US-201414540718-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2014
Priority date	Nov 13, 2014
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

Abstract

In one general aspect, a method can include displaying, on a display device included in a computing device, content in an application executing on the computing device, and determining that the computing device is proximate to a videoconferencing system. The method can further include displaying, in a user interface on the display device, at least one identifier associated with a videoconference, receiving a selection of the at least one identifier, and initiating the videoconference on the videoconferencing system in response to receiving the selection of the at least one identifier. The videoconference on the videoconferencing system can be initiated such that the content is provided for display on a display device included in the videoconferencing system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
providing, for display on a display device included in a computing device of a first participant, content in an application executing on the computing device;
determining that the computing device of the first participant and a computing device of a second participant are located in a room with a videoconferencing system based on determining that the computing device of the first participant and the computing device of the second participant are proximate to the videoconferencing system based on a threshold distance; displaying, in a user interface on the display device of the computing device of the first participant, at least one identifier associated with a videoconference including the first participant, the second participant, and a third participant located outside of the room that includes the videoconferencing system;
receiving a selection of the at least one identifier; and
initiating the videoconference on the videoconferencing system in response to receiving the selection of the at least one identifier, the initiating including:
providing first content for display on the display device included in the computing device of the first participant,
providing the first content for display on a display device included in the videoconferencing system, and
providing the first content for display on a display device included in a computing device of the third participant, second content displayed on a display device included in the computing device of the second participant being different from the first content.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the computing device of the first participant and the computing device of the second participant are located in the room with the videoconferencing system includes the use of one or more of a WiFi signature, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) technology, and an audio token.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application is a web browser application.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first content is included in a tab of the web browser application, the tab being displayed on the display device included in the computing device of the first participant when the video conference is initiated.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the tab is a first tab,
the method further comprising:
displaying, on the display device included in the computing device of the first participant, third content in a second tab of the web browser application while continuing to provide the first content included in the first tab of the web browser application for display on the display device included in the videoconferencing system.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying, in the user interface on the display device of the computing device of the first participant, the at least one identifier associated with the videoconference includes displaying a plurality of identifiers including the at least one identifier.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
providing, for display on a display device included in the computing device of the second participant, fourth content in a second application executing on the computing device of the second participant; and
providing the fourth content in the second application executing on the computing device of the second participant to the videoconferencing system.

8. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
providing, by a calendar application executing on the computing device of the first participant, the at least one identifier associated with the videoconference.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifier is a first identifier and the videoconference is a first videoconference,
the method further comprising:
receiving a manual entry of a second identifier associated with a second videoconference; and
based on receiving the manual entry of the second identifier associated with the second videoconference, initiating the second videoconference on the videoconferencing system.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first content is included in a desktop or a window included in a plurality of windows displayed on the display device of the computing device of the first participant.

11. A system comprising:
a computing device of a host of a videoconference, the computing device of the host including a first display device, and the computing device of the host being configured to:
provide, for display on the first display device, first content in an application executing on the computing device of the host, and
determine that the computing device of the host is proximate to a videoconferencing system based on a threshold distance;

a videoconferencing system including a videoconferencing device and a second display device, the computing device of the host being further configured to:
automatically initiate a videoconference on the videoconferencing system, and
provide the first content provided for display on the first display device for display on the second display device, the videoconferencing device being configured to receive the first content for display on the second display device; and

a computing device of a participant, the computing device of the participant including a third display device, the computing device of the participant being configured to:
determine that the computing device of the participant is proximate to the videoconferencing system based on the threshold distance, and
provide, for display on the third display device, second content in a second application executing on the computing device of the participant, the second content being different from the first content.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the videoconferencing system further includes a camera and a microphone; and wherein the videoconferencing system is configured to disable the camera and the microphone when the videoconference is initiated on the videoconferencing system.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein determining that the computing device of the host is proximate to the videoconferencing system includes the use of one or more of a WiFi signature, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) technology, and an audio token.

14. A non-transitory, machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to:
provide, for display on a display device included in a computing device of a first participant, content in an application running on the computing device;
receive a selection of a videoconferencing icon included in the application;
display, in a user interface on the display device of the computing device of the first participant, at least one identifier associated with a videoconference included in a calendar associated with the first participant;
receive a selection of the at least one identifier;
determine that the computing device of the first participant and a computing device of a second participant are located in a room with a videoconferencing system based on determining that the computing device of the first participant and the computing device of the second participant are proximate to the videoconferencing system based on a threshold distance; and
initiate the videoconference including the first participant, the second participant, and a third participant on the videoconferencing system, in response to receiving the selection of the at least one identifier, the initiating including:
providing first content for display on the display device included in the computing device of the first participant,
providing the first content for display on a display device included in t

Assignees

• Google Inc
• Google Llc

Inventors

• Scott Mark David
• Foltz Mark Alan
• Dresner Kurt Mauro
• Parker Adam

Classifications

• G06F3/04847 Primary

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• H04N2007/145

  Handheld terminals · CPC title

• H04N7/147 Primary

  Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q) · CPC title

• G06F16/9577

  Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents · CPC title

• H04N7/15

  Conference systems · CPC title