Methods and apparatuses for selectively sharing a portion of a display for application based screen sampling

• US 20060161623A1
• Filed: 12/29/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Knight, David, Wong, Edward, Gu, Jiannong, Yuan, Eric, Montgomery, Elaine, Wei, Songxiang, Sheng, Sam
• Application Number:
  US11/323,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20060161623A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/167 using a common memory, e.g. mailbox
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses include: sharing desktop content with an attendee device wherein the desktop content corresponds with a presenter device and wherein the desktop content includes a hidden window; preventing the attendee device from viewing the hidden window; displaying the desktop content including the hidden window on the presenter device; and displaying the desktop content excluding the hidden window on the attendee device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sharing desktop content with an attendee device wherein the desktop content corresponds with a presenter device and wherein the desktop content includes a hidden window;

preventing the attendee device from viewing the hidden window;

displaying the desktop content including the hidden window on the presenter device; and

displaying the desktop content excluding the hidden window on the attendee device.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the hidden window contains content.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the desktop content includes a shared window.

4. The method according to claim 3 further comprising simultaneously displaying the shared window with the hidden window on the presenter device.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the hidden window is a chat window.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the hidden window is an electronic mail application.

7. The method according to claim 1 further comprising highlighting the hidden window within the presenter device.

8. The method according to claim 1 further comprising annotating the desktop content from the attendee device.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the hidden window is semi-transparent.

10. A system, comprising:

a window detection module configured to detect a shared window and a hidden window;

an internal render module configured to display the shared window and the hidden window to a presenter device; and

an external render module configure to display the shared window to an attendee device.

11. The system according to claim 10 further comprising a window selection module configured to identify the hidden window.

12. The system according to claim 10 wherein the hidden window is semi-transparent.

13. The system according to claim 10 wherein the hidden window is opaque.

14. The system according to claim 10 further comprising an interface module configured to allow the attendee device to modify the shared window.

15. A method comprising:

selectively sharing desktop content with an attendee device wherein the desktop content includes a shared window and a hidden window;

displaying the desktop content including the hidden window on the presenter device;

detecting a modification to the desktop content that is beneath the hidden window wherein the modification is performed by the attendee device; and

excluding the hidden window from the desktop content for display on the attendee device.

16. The method according to claim 15 wherein the hidden window is semi-transparent.

17. The method according to claim 15 further comprising simultaneously displaying the shared window and the hidden window on the presenter device.

18. The method according to claim 15 further comprising simultaneously displaying the modification, the shared window, and the hidden window on the presenter device.

19. The method according to claim 15 wherein the hidden window includes animated content.

20. The method according to claim 15 wherein the hidden window is distinguished from the shared window.