Application sharing security
First Claim
1. A method in a computer for sharing between a presenter and a participant, the method comprising:
- displaying a sharing frame on a display of the presenter, the sharing frame encompassing a portion of the display, the portion of the display displaying a window of an application;
sending the portion of the display encompassed by the sharing frame that includes the window to a computer of the participant for display to the participant; and
after the presenter moves the window to outside of the sharing frame, sending the portion of the display encompassed by the sharing frame that no longer includes the window to the computer of the participant for display to the participant to terminate the sharing of the window.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for facilitating application sharing. In operation, a user selects at least one of a plurality of applications operating on a first computer to share with at least a second computer. The user then selects at least one of a plurality of security measures for preventing a user operating the second computer from performing at least one of a plurality of unauthorized operations. Next, the user initiates applications sharing on the first computer, wherein the user operating the second computer may access or observe an application running on the first computer, but may not perform any unauthorized operations on the first computer.
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19 Claims
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1. A method in a computer for sharing between a presenter and a participant, the method comprising:
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displaying a sharing frame on a display of the presenter, the sharing frame encompassing a portion of the display, the portion of the display displaying a window of an application; sending the portion of the display encompassed by the sharing frame that includes the window to a computer of the participant for display to the participant; and after the presenter moves the window to outside of the sharing frame, sending the portion of the display encompassed by the sharing frame that no longer includes the window to the computer of the participant for display to the participant to terminate the sharing of the window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computing device for sharing a window between a presenter and a participant, the computing device comprising:
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a memory storing computer-executable instructions for; displaying a sharing frame on a display of the presenter, the sharing frame encompassing a portion of the display; after the presenter moves a window into the sharing frame, sending the portion of the display encompassed by the sharing frame that includes the window to a computer of the participant to share the window with the participant; and after the presenter moves the window of the application to outside of the sharing frame, sending the portion of the display encompassed by the sharing frame to the computer of the participant for display to the participant to terminate the sharing of the window; and a processor for executing the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable storage device containing instructions for controlling a computer to share a window between a presenter and a participant, by a method comprising:
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receiving from the presenter an indication to display a sharing frame; after receiving the indication to display the sharing frame, displaying the sharing frame on a display of the presenter, the sharing frame encompassing a portion of the display; receiving from the presenter an indication to share the displayed sharing frame; after receiving the indication to share the displayed sharing frame, sending the portion of the display encompassed by the sharing frame to a computer of the participant for display to the participant. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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Specification