System and method for blocking notification messages during screen sharing
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by an operating system of a computer, a first instruction from a screensharing application to suspend displaying notification messages by the operating system of the computer;
sending visual media of a display screen of the computer by the operating system to the screensharing application during a screen sharing communication session;
in response to receiving a request from a first application to display a notification message on the display screen, disregarding the request during the screen sharing communication session in accordance with the first instruction; and
after termination of the screen sharing communication session, displaying the notification message on the display screen.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for suspending notification messages at a presenter'"'"'s computer during a presentation. For example, a method comprises: receiving, by an operating system of a computer, a first instruction from a screensharing application to suspend displaying notification messages by the operating system of the computer. The method further comprises sending visual media of a display screen of the computer by the operating system to the screensharing application during a screen sharing communication session. The method further comprises disregarding the request during the screen sharing communication session in accordance with the first instruction, in response to receiving a request from a first application to display a notification message on the display screen.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by an operating system of a computer, a first instruction from a screensharing application to suspend displaying notification messages by the operating system of the computer; sending visual media of a display screen of the computer by the operating system to the screensharing application during a screen sharing communication session; in response to receiving a request from a first application to display a notification message on the display screen, disregarding the request during the screen sharing communication session in accordance with the first instruction; and after termination of the screen sharing communication session, displaying the notification message on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computing device, comprising:
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a memory containing a machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of suspending display of textual messages; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to perform the following actions by a messaging application executed by the processor; receive, by the messaging application, a first instruction from a screensharing application to suspend displaying textual messages on a display screen of a computer executing the screen sharing application during a screen sharing communication session; store a first textual message received from a messaging server in response to receiving the first instruction and without causing the first textual message to be displayed; receive a second instruction from the screensharing application to resume displaying textual messages, wherein the second instruction is received in response to an end of the screen sharing communication session; and display the first textual message in response to receiving the second instruction. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly recording computer program logic, the computer program product comprising:
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code to receive a first instruction from a screensharing application to suspend displaying notification messages by the operating system of the computer; code to send visual media of a display screen of the computer by the operating system to the screensharing application during a screen sharing communication session; and code to, in response to receiving a request from a first application to display a notification message on the display screen, delaying display of the notification message on the display screen until after termination of the screen sharing communication session in accordance with the first instruction. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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