A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A LOCAL TELEPRESENCE VIDEOCONFERENCING SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL

摘要

The invention relates to a control system for a local telepresence videoconferencing system, wherein the telepresence system comprises cameras and display screens, comprising: a graphical user interface comprising a left display icon, a center display icon, a right display icon, and contact field icons 8, wherein each of said contact field icons 8 is associated with a remote videoconference system, touch screen control display for displaying and manipulating the graphical user interface, and where said graphical user interface permits a user to pre-arrange respective assignments of display screens to one or more remote videoconference systems prior to establishing a connection with the one or more remote video conference systems and present an image on said touch screen control display of said respective assignments on said display screens prior to establishing said connection. The invention also relates to a method for establishing a video conference call between a local telepresence videoconferencing system and one or more remote video conferencing system.