Collaboration system and method
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1. In a collaboration system, a method for sharing content displayed on a desktop associated with a participant computing device, said participant computing device having a processing structure;
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in response to the participant computing device being first powered on and coupled to a network;
prompt a participant to enter a network address of a network server configured to distribute said content to other participant computing devices;
automatically determine whether the network server is reachable from said participant computing device;
couple said participant computing device to said network server;
when it is determined that the network server is reachable and coupled to the participant computing device, request the participant to supply login credentials to access at least one collaboration session via the participant computing device; and
store authenticated credentials to allow for automatic or transparent logins in subsequent collaborative sessions; and
wherein said memory and said instructions are further configured, with said processing structure, to cause said processing structure to at least;
select said content on said desktop for sharing;
capture said content; and
automatically send said captured content to the network server for distribution to at least one of said other participant computing devices.
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Abstract
A participant computing device in a collaboration system, the participant computing device comprising a processing structure; and a memory including computer program code, wherein the memory and the computer program code are configured, with the processing structure, to cause the processing structure to share user defined content displayed on a desktop associated with the participant computing device with other participant computing devices.
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1. In a collaboration system, a method for sharing content displayed on a desktop associated with a participant computing device, said participant computing device having a processing structure;
- and a memory including instructions, wherein said memory and said instructions are configured, with said processing structure, to cause said processing structure to at least;
in response to the participant computing device being first powered on and coupled to a network; prompt a participant to enter a network address of a network server configured to distribute said content to other participant computing devices; automatically determine whether the network server is reachable from said participant computing device; couple said participant computing device to said network server; when it is determined that the network server is reachable and coupled to the participant computing device, request the participant to supply login credentials to access at least one collaboration session via the participant computing device; and store authenticated credentials to allow for automatic or transparent logins in subsequent collaborative sessions; and
wherein said memory and said instructions are further configured, with said processing structure, to cause said processing structure to at least;select said content on said desktop for sharing; capture said content; and automatically send said captured content to the network server for distribution to at least one of said other participant computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- and a memory including instructions, wherein said memory and said instructions are configured, with said processing structure, to cause said processing structure to at least;
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14. A participant computing device having a machine-readable medium coded instructions executable by a processing structure, said coded instructions comprising:
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(a) a first set of instructions coded to, in response to the participant computing device being first powered on and coupled to a network, prompt a participant to enter a network address of the at least one application server and to automatically determine whether the network server is reachable from said participant computing device; (b) a second set of instructions coded to, in response to the participant computing device being first powered on and coupled to a network, couple said participant computing device to said at least one application server; (c) a third set of instructions coded to, in response to the participant computing device being first powered on and coupled to a network, and when it is determined that the network server is reachable and coupled to the participant computing device, request the participant to supply login credentials to access at least one collaboration session via the participant computing device, and to store authenticated credentials to allow for automatic or transparent logins in subsequent collaborative sessions; (d) a fourth set of instructions coded to select content on a display of said participant computing device for sharing with other participant computing devices via said at least one application server; whereby said selected content is captured for said sharing; and said coded instructions further comprising a fifth set of instructions coded to automatically send said captured content to said at least one application server for distribution to at least one of said other participant computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A participant computing device in a collaboration system, said participant computing device comprising:
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a processing structure; and a memory including computer program code, wherein said memory and said computer program code are configured, with said processing structure, to cause said processing structure to share user defined content displayed on a desktop associated with the participant computing device with other participant computing devices by; in response to the participant computing device being first powered on and coupled to a network; prompting a participant to enter a network address of an application server configured to distribute said user defined content to the other participant computing devices; coupling said participant computing device to said application server; when it is determined that the network server is reachable and coupled to the participant computing device, requesting the participant to supply login credentials to access at least one collaboration session via the participant computing device; and storing authenticated credentials to allow for automatic or transparent logins in subsequent collaborative sessions; and selecting said user defined content on said desktop for sharing; capturing said user defined content; and automatically sending said captured user defined content to said application server for distribution to at least one of said other participant computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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