Application aware annotations in online collaborative sessions

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one display;
• one or more network interfaces;
• and
• one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
• track, via an online collaborative session application executing via the one or more processors, a plurality of application windows shared by the one or more processors over an online collaborative session;
• track, via the online collaborative session application executing via the one or more processors, a state of an application window of the plurality of application windows, wherein the state of the application window comprises a vertical location of the application window relative to a vertical stacking of the plurality of application windows on the display on which the online collaborative session is displayed;
• track, via the online collaborative session application executing via the one or more processors, a state of a plurality of window displays within the application window;
• obtain, via the online collaborative session application, data indicative of an annotation made as part of the online collaborative session within the application window;
• determine, from the data indicative of the annotation, the state of the application window and the state of the plurality of window displays, a first location of the annotation relative to the application window and the plurality of window displays;
• determine, based on the tracking of the state of the application window, a change to the state of the application window;
• and
• determine a second location of the annotation based on the change of the state of the application window.

One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable mediums encoded with instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, are operable to:

• track, via an online collaborative session application executing on a processing device, a plurality of application windows shared by the processing device over an online collaborative session;
• track, via the online collaborative session application executing on the processing device, a state of an application window of the plurality of application windows, wherein the state of the application window comprises a vertical location of the application window relative to a vertical stacking of the plurality of application windows on a display on which the online collaborative session is displayed;
• track, via the online collaborative session executing on the processing device, a state of a plurality of window displays within the application window;
• obtain, at the online collaborative session application, data indicative of an annotation made as part of the online collaborative session within the application window;
• determine, from the data indicative of the annotation, the state of the application window and the state of the plurality of window displays, a first location of the annotation relative to the application window;
• determine, based on the tracking of the state of the application window, a change to the state of the application window;
• and
• determine a second location of the annotation based on the change of the state of the application window.