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Pull-configured distribution of imagery

  • US 8,521,830 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2003
  • Issued: 08/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for flexibly distributing imagery for a shared application in an application sharing session, the method comprising the steps of:

  • generating an image frame update of a screen for a shared application being commonly viewed by multiple different application sharing viewers;

    caching the image frame update for the screen for the shared application;

    notifying registered ones of the application sharing viewers of said image frame update for the screen for the shared application;

    serving said cached image frame update for the screen for the shared application to requesting ones of said application sharing viewers that had been notified;

    detecting a late joining one of said application sharing viewers; and

    ,serving a pre-defined layout of the shared application to said late joining one of said application sharing viewers in order to facilitate a sequential retrieval by said late joining one of said application sharing viewers of already distributed image frames for the shared application.

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