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Method and system for sharing negotiating capabilities when sharing an application with multiple systems

  • US 6,223,212 B1
  • Filed: 03/11/1999
  • Issued: 04/24/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for negotiating capabilities in an application sharing conference, the conference having a plurality of computer systems, each computer system having capabilities with capability values, the method comprising:

  • for each computer system, advertising the capability values of the computer system to each other computer system;

    when a capability is designated as being negotiated according to a one capability rule, setting the capability value for the capability to the advertised capability value of a specified computer system;

    when a capability is designated as being negotiated according to a max capability rule, determining candidate capability values from the advertised capability values; and

    setting the capability value for the capability to the maximum of all the determined candidate capability values; and

    when a capability is designated as being negotiated according to a min capability rule, determining candidate capability values from the advertised capability values; and

    setting the capability value for the capability to the minimum of all the determined candidate capability values wherein each computer system sets the negotiated capability values to the same set of values.

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