Dynamic window detection for application sharing from a video stream

A conference endpoint comprising:

• a memory;
• a network interface configured to enable network communications;
• and
• a processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a request to share content with one or more participant devices, wherein the content is generated by a user device and displayed on a display of the conference endpoint, wherein the user device is connected to the conference endpoint and the conference endpoint is participating in a communication session with the one or more participant devices;
• detecting one or more windows generated by the user device and displayed on the display of the conference endpoint;
• receiving a selection of a first window of the one or more windows to share;
• sharing contents of the first window with the one or more participant devices;
• detecting that a second window is overlapping the first window on the display of the conference endpoint such that a first portion of the first window is covered by a second portion of the second window;
• and
• performing one or more actions with respect to the second portion of the second window that is covering the first portion of the first window.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor of a conference endpoint, cause the processor to execute a method comprising:

• receiving a request to share content with one or more participant devices, wherein the content is generated by a user device and displayed on a display of the conference endpoint, wherein the user device is connected to the conference endpoint associated with the processor, and wherein the conference endpoint is participating in a communication session with the one or more participant devices;
• detecting one or more windows generated by the user device and displayed on the display of the conference endpoint;
• receiving a selection of a first window of the one or more windows to share;
• sharing contents of the first window with the one or more participant devices;
• detecting that a second window is overlapping the first window on the display of the conference endpoint such that a first portion of the first window is covered by a second portion of the second window;
• and
• performing one or more actions with respect to the second portion of the second window that is covering the first portion of the first window.