US 12,001,976 B1
Method and system for facilitating collaboration sessions
Robert Poel, Grand Rapids, MI (US); and Darrin Sculley, Byron Center, MI (US)
Assigned to Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,800.
Application 17/407,800 is a continuation of application No. 16/842,152, filed on Apr. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,321,643.
Application 16/842,152 is a continuation of application No. 14/640,288, filed on Mar. 6, 2015, granted, now 10,664,772, issued on May 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/059,602, filed on Oct. 3, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/994,372, filed on May 16, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/949,696, filed on Mar. 7, 2014.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06311 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04842 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees, each conferee using an interface device that includes a display screen, the method also for use with at least a first common display screen in addition to the interface devices that is located within a conference space for viewing by conferees within the conference space, the method comprising the steps of:
presenting a session interface on each interface device that is linked to a content sharing session wherein each session interface includes a content sharing window and a file queue, each file queue including content representations, each content representation in the file queue associated with a file that is available for viewing during the conference session;
upon selection of a content representation from the file queue for sharing via any one of the interface devices, presenting the file associated with the selected content representation via each of the content sharing windows and via the at least a first common display screen;
upon selection of a content representation from the file queue for private viewing via any one of the interface devices, presenting the file associated with the selected content representation via a private window on the interface device display screen; and
wherein, any interface device may select and share any file associated with any content representation in the file queue and any interface device may select and privately access any file associated with any content representation in the file queue.