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The multiple-network typed electronic conferencing system 104 comprises, as shown in FIG. 15, two network information processing systems #n (n=1, 2) each for processing arbitrary information and a wire or wireless communication 40 for connecting these system to each other, each network information processing systems having input operation function. It comprises, for example, five notebook personal computers PCi (i=1-5), and projectors Pj (j=1-5) for processing at least information transferred from any one of these notebook personal computers PCi and providing electric information contents including display information, thereby permitting the projector Pj to perform simultaneous display control based on the input operations of the notebook personal computers Pci. This allows multiple projectors Pj to display the same electric information contents at the same time.

The present invention relates to a network information processing system and the like that are well applicable to a network electronic conference system and the like. When multiple pieces of information transferred from multiple information input devices is input, it is easy to create contents efficiently without making any mistakes, and to edit an image or audio as well as a still picture, text and the like without their display timing staggering. For example, multiple pieces of information including at least moving picture or audio information that is sent from an information processor and a moving picture/audio input apparatus in a network information processing system and still picture information in synchronized with the moving picture or audio information are recorded with them being met a predetermined time axis and according to their time series, and viewable or audible contents are created on the basis of these pieces of information. When editing, the multiple pieces of information are visibly displayed with a display band along each time axis using a thumbnail and the like and according to their time series.

There is provided an electronic conference system, including a presenter terminal device that displays on a screen of a presenter display in an electronic conference, a conference participant terminal device that receives a screen image displayed on the presenter display and displays the screen image on a screen, a receiving unit that receives the screen image sent from the presenter terminal device, and a storage processing unit that writes a currently displayed screen image in a memory, when a screen image which is different from the currently displayed screen image has not been sent from the presenter terminal device within a predetermined time.

A method and apparatus is disclosed for .Iadd.data .Iaddend.communication between agents.Iadd., such as those .Iaddend.in an electronic conferencing system. In .[.an electronic conferencing.]. .Iadd.a .Iaddend.system wherein data is shared between a plurality of .[.participants during an electronic conference.]. .Iadd.users.Iaddend., a method is disclosed for maintaining consistency of the data among the .[.participants during the electronic conference.]. .Iadd.users.Iaddend.. The method of the present invention comprises the following steps: a) each .[.participant in the electronic conferencing system.]. .Iadd.user .Iaddend.maintains a local copy of the shared data .[.for the electronic conference during the electronic conference.]. ; b) one of the .[.participants.]. .Iadd.users .Iaddend.commences to perform modifications to an associated local copy of the shared data; c) subsequent to the step of commencing modifications, a .[.participant.]. .Iadd.user .Iaddend.requests an index for the modifications from an arbitrator .[.participant.]. .Iadd.user.Iaddend., wherein the modifications to the associated local copy of the shared data may continue to be performed; d) the arbitrator .[.participant.]. .Iadd.user .Iaddend.responds to the .[.participant.]. .Iadd.user .Iaddend.requesting the index for the modifications; and e) a .[.participant.]. .Iadd.user .Iaddend.modifies the associated local copy of the shared data according to the index received from the arbitrator .[.participant.]. .Iadd.user .Iaddend.and transfers the local modifications to remote .[.participants.]. .Iadd.users.Iaddend.. .Iadd.In one embodiment, the users are participants of an electronic conference, and the shared data are the "meeting" data of the electronic conference. .Iaddend.

When a signal detection section detects a signal of an earthquake early warning, a control section (i) causes a storage apparatus to store display information being displayed on a display apparatus, (ii) reads, out of the storage apparatus, information on instructions in the event of an earthquake and an evacuation map in the event of an earthquake, (iii) causes the display apparatus to display: information on the instructions and the evacuation map; and information on the earthquake early warning and (iv) causes a printing apparatus to print the information on the instructions and the evacuation map. This allows a user to be appropriately evacuated from an installation site of the display apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 4, a remote electronic conference system (102) related to the present invention comprises: a notebook personal computer PCi (i=1-4) having a GUI function and processing arbitrary information; a presentation apparatus (10A) for processing at least the information transferred from the personal computer (PCi) and providing electronic information contents including display information; and a wireless LAN for connecting this apparatus (10A) and each of the personal computers ID (PC1-PC4), in which at the presentation apparatus (10A) or the notebook personal computer (PCi), a GUI function of this personal computer (Pci) is utilized to perform authentication processing for the purpose of identifying an original user. With this, it is possible to refuse an unauthorized user from entering this system (102). In addition, it is possible to prevent a third party for performing unauthorized use of network-constituent devices including this presentation apparatus (10A).

An electronic conference server apparatus is provided, which carries out proper access management over electronic data used at an electronic conference in accordance with an access authority of each participant in the electronic conference. A folder making portion makes a folder for each participant in the electronic conference, the folder being accessible only by the participant, in a participant data recording portion, and copies electronic data limited in access in accordance with an access authority level set for the participant, to the made folder. An access managing portion permits a participant's access to a folder that is made for the participant, but denies other participants' access to the folder.

A first conference controller that controls display of a first display includes a storage processing unit that stores in a screen image data storage a screen image displayed on the first display upon receipt of copy-instructing request from a portable storage, and a writer that sends, to the portable storage, acquisition source information regarding data of the screen image displayed on the firstdisplay in accordance with the copy-instructing request from the portable storage for storing the information in the portable storage. A second conference controller that controls display of a seconddisplay includes a reader that reads the acquisition source information stored in the portable storage, an acquisition processing unit that acquires the data from the screen image data storage on thebasis of the acquisition source information, and a display controller that displays on the second display the screen image acquired by the acquisition processing unit.

A PoC communication system (100) includes (i) a plurality of terminal devices (40) that are able to communicate with one another, and a PoC server (10) for giving a speaking right to a terminal device (40). The PoC server (10) includes a speaking right status presentation control section (12) for transmitting to the terminal devices (40), under a condition that the speaking right is not give to any of the terminal devices (40), a reproduction command of instructing reproduction of speaking right acquisition status presentation sound data indicating the condition. This makes it possible for the terminal devices of the multi-location electronic conference system to output a sound according to the holder of the speaking right.

There is provided an electronic conference system, including a display controller that arranges and displays a marker for specifying a display position on a display screen of a display apparatus which placed in a conference room, a unit that obtains information concerning the display position of each marker included in an image capturing range obtained by capturing an image of a portion of the display screen by a conference participant using an information terminal device and that specifies an image capturing region on the display screen based on the information concerning the display position of each marker that is obtained, and a unit that combines image data displayed on the display apparatus at the time of image capturing performed using the information terminal device having an image capturing function with display data, to be displayed in the image capturing region that is specified, to generate a screen image.

A method for migrating product data within an electronic commerce system (10) includes monitoring requests for products by users (20) of a global content directory (42). The global content directory (42) includes a directory structure (44) including a number of product classes organized in a hierarchy. Each product class categorizes a plurality of products and defines one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class. The directory (44) also includes one or more pointers associated with each product class. Each pointer identifies a seller database (32) in which product data enabling a product transaction is stored for products associated with the product class. The method further includes identifying the location of a user (20) and determining that product data associated with a product requested by the user (20) should be migrated from a seller database (32) to a storage location closer to the user than the seller database (32). The method also includes initiating the migration of the product data from the seller database (32) to the storage location.

This invention integrates functionality to prior-art meeting system infrastructures that cannot be achieved by existing designs. The system allows for the creation of a meeting enabling multiple end user device combinations of varying compatibility—each device containing multiple different peripherals—to seamlessly two-way communicate and manage incoming and outgoing communications. An advantage is the ability to translate any feed data into a device compatible format. The invention enables end user context-independent subscription to an arbitrary number of data feeds originating from an arbitrary number of connected end users. Finally, the invention defines a meeting replay system using the invention infrastructure that has the ability to record any combinations of data feeds from any combinations of end users and replay any part of the meeting through the same invention-infrastructure. This allows prior meeting replaying through the invention-system, and allows cascading meeting replays ad-infinitum without altering the original meeting.

This invention relates to a method for working corporately by an electronic conference system and its multiple host computers, in which, the system includes a conference system host computer and several conference units connected with it characterizing that said system includes more than one host computers connected to each other under control and the method applies a double-computer thermal backup and a extending mode, in which, the double-thermal backup includes the system host/host device conference control process under the primary mode which sends heart beating data packets in intermission and the system host/slave device working under the slave mode fetches data of the system and monitors the heart beating data packets, if it does not receive them in a period of time, the timer flows over it to turn it to the primary mode then takes over the control automatically and the host computer can be set under the extending mode providing power to the conference units connected with it only controlled by the primary unit.