Conferencing system with desktop sharing

• US 20070276910A1
• Filed: 05/23/2007
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Virtualdesign Net Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Virtualdesign Net Incorporated
• Inventors: Deboy, Scott, Majors, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US11/805,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20070276910A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system that facilitates the sharing of a computer desktop among a plurality of users.

Claims

1. A conferencing system:

(a) a conferencing server;

(b) a first computer accessing said conferencing server;

(c) a second computer accessing said conferencing server;

(d) at least one of said conferencing server, said first computer, and said second computer displaying a sequence of images on an associated display;

(e) at least one of said conferencing server, said first computer, and said second computer saving said sequence of images displayed on said display;

(f) said sequence of images including an associated temporal identifier such that said sequence of images may be rendered in a temporally controlled manner.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said sequence of images includes associated audio.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said sequence of images includes editing of documents.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said first computer and said second computer simultaneously display said sequence of images.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said conferencing server;

said first computer, and said second computer renders said sequence of said images as a video sequence based upon said associated temporal identifier.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said associated temporal identifier includes time stamps.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein said time stamps are MPEG-2 time stamps.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said sequence of images have a variable frame rate depending upon the said sequence of images being displayed on said display.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said variable frame rate is motion dependent.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein said first computer and said second computer communicate using a peer-to-peer technique.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein said first computer saves said sequence of images.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein said conferencing server saves said sequence of images.