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iChat AV White Boarding?

Macsimumnews reports on recent European patent applications that were revealed this week. The new patent describes Method and apparatus for establishing communication between two teleconferencing endpoints."

The patent essentially describes real-time conference between participants along with "data sharing wherein various types of data such as documents, spreadsheets, graphic data, or other types of data, can be shared and manipulated by all participants in the teleconference."

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76 months ago
This has been done before, it's a novelty morre than anything. Useful if you have a touchpad, not as much mouse.
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76 months ago
Oh yes! PLEASE make it easier for my clients to drive me absolutely insane!!
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76 months ago
It says that Apple has been working on this teleconferencing technology (think iChat AV plus sharing of documents, spreadsheets, and graphics) since 1995!
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76 months ago
integrated iLife/iChat document sharing?
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76 months ago

It says that Apple has been working on this teleconferencing technology (think iChat AV plus sharing of documents, spreadsheets, and graphics) since 1995!


Apple had a QuickTime Conferencing product, including a digital video camera and (I think) a special expansion card, for video conferencing on a Mac around 1995. There wasn't much demand, and the product was very immature, so it disappeared after one release.

You can find some info (and pictures of the hardware) if you search hard enough.
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76 months ago
it's apple's ability to take something ordinary and do it extraordinarily well. even though this has been in the works for quite some time, i bet it'll be very well integrated with iLife '07...looking forward to it

mr
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76 months ago
Introducing Filecasting!

iWeb lets you easily put any file onto the internet, and let other people download it--with one click.
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76 months ago
I can't think of many mission-critical heavy-duty day-in/day-out commercial uses for it... but I can think of LOTS of small personal uses for it, ranging from fun to useful.
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76 months ago
Here in the company I work for virtual whiteboards are essential for long distance discussions on processes especially IT development. I see this as Apple making their Apps as corporate friendly to encourage more to shift from Windoze.
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76 months ago
Anyone remember this application based on Hotline Client? The one where you could have people and paint together?

PaintBook reinvented? ;)
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