CONFERENCING SYSTEM

摘要

A conferencing system that enables communication between at least two portals on a network. An audiovisual feature enables users at portals simultaneously see and hear each other from their respective portals. A remote control feature enables the portals to share, display, and/or control software applications or an entire desktop from a remote location. A media streamer feature enables a host portal in a conference to stream local media files to other portals. A text data transfer feature enables real time transfer of text and binary data between portals. A file transfer feature enables portals participating in a conference to physically transfer files between them. An input/out feature enables a portal participating in a conference to detect and send data to peripheral devices connected to the ports of another portals participating in the conference.