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

• US 20060161624A1
• 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: Sheng, Sam, Knight, David, Wong, Edward, Gu, Jiannong, Yuan, Eric, Montgomery, Elaine, Wei, Songxiang
• Application Number:
  US11/323,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20060161624A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

In one embodiment, the invention includes: detecting a profile associated a presenter device wherein the profile indicates a hidden window; selectively sharing desktop content and excluding the hidden window with an attendee device wherein the desktop content corresponds with the presenter device; detecting a change in status of a content window within the desktop content; and updating the profile based on the change in status of the content window.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a profile corresponding to a presenter device wherein the profile includes a hidden window selection;

searching for a hidden window within desktop content of the presenter device that corresponds with the hidden window selection;

sharing the desktop content with an attendee device;

excluding the hidden window from the attendee device; and

detecting a change in the hidden window selection from the presenter device.

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

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising detecting a switch in the hidden window into a shared window.

4. The method according to claim 1 further comprising detecting a switch from a shared window into an additional hidden window.

5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising updating the profile based on the change in the hidden window selection.

6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising displaying the desktop content including the hidden window on the presenter device.

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

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

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the hidden window is opaque.

11. A system, comprising:

a storage module configured store a profile associated with the attendee device including a hidden window selection;

a window detection module configured to identify a shared window and a hidden window based on the profile;

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

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

13. The system according to claim 11 wherein the hidden window is semi-transparent.

14. The system according to claim 11 wherein the hidden window is opaque.

15. The system according to claim 11 further comprising an interface module configured to allow the attendee device to modify the shared window.

16. The system according to claim 11 further comprising an internal render module configured to display the shared window and the hidden window to a presenter device

17. A method comprising:

detecting a profile associated a presenter device wherein the profile indicates a hidden window;

selectively sharing desktop content and excluding the hidden window with an attendee device wherein the desktop content corresponds with the presenter device;

detecting a change in status of a content window within the desktop content; and

updating the profile based on the change in status of the content window.

18. The method according to claim 17 wherein the change is from a shared status to a hidden status.

19. The method according to claim 17 wherein the change is from a hidden status to a shared status.