Computer desktop sharing

• US 20070282793A1
• Filed: 06/01/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Virtualdesign Net Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Virtualdesign Net Incorporated
• Inventors: Majors, Kenneth D., Deboy, Scott
• Application Number:
  US11/809,869
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282793A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/15 Synchronised browsing

Abstract

A desktop sharing system.

Claims

1. A conferencing system:

(a) a conferencing server enabling video and audio interconnectivity between different users;

(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 desktop on an associated display;

(e) at least one of said conferencing server, said first computer, and said second computer sharing with to one of said first computer and said second computer said desktop for viewing what is being displayed on said display;

(f) the portion of said desktop being shared is selected by the user of said desktop being shared.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said selected portion is the entire said desktop being shared.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said selected portion is consistent with a single window of said desktop being shared.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said selected portion is consistent with a plurality of windows of said desktop being shared.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said selected portion is consistent with less than the entire said desktop being share and not consistent with a window of said desktop being shared.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said selected portion is shared with a first group of users and another selected portion is shared with a second group of users, wherein the first group of users is not the same as the second group of users.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said selection portion includes a first layer of information upon which the user may annotate on a second layer, wherein the first layer and said second layer are different programs.