Concurrent display of multiple content views during a communication session

A system for rendering a user interface that displays a group of participants concurrently with at least two presentations displayed in separate content display areas, the system comprising:

• one or more processing units;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the one or more processing units to:
• generate communication data for causing one or more computing devices to generate the user interface comprising a participant display area reserved for, and configured to display, renderings of video streams depicting individual participants of a communication session, wherein the user interface further includes a first content sharing area and a second content sharing area, the first content sharing area reserved for, and configured to display, a rendering of a first content, wherein the second sharing area reserved for, and configured to display, a rendering of a second content;
• cause a transmission of the communication data comprising the plurality of streams to the one or more computing devices, the communication data causing the one or more computing devices to concurrently display the user interface on separate computing devices of the one or more computing devices, the user interface concurrently displaying the participant display area, the first content sharing area, and the second content sharing area;
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• cause the one or more computing devices, by use of the communication data, to display the renderings of video streams depicting individual participants in the participant display area, wherein the communication data concurrently causes a display of a rendering of the first content in the first content sharing area reserved for, and configured to display, the first content, wherein the communication data concurrently causes a display of a rendering of the second content in the second content sharing area reserved for, and configured to display, the second content.

A computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions for causing a system to render a user interface that displays a group of participants concurrently with at least two presentations displayed in separate content display areas, the instructions to cause one or more processing units of the system to:

• generate communication data for causing one or more computing devices to generate the user interface comprising a participant display area reserved for, and configured to display, renderings of video streams depicting individual participants of a communication session, wherein the user interface further includes a first content sharing area and a second content sharing area, the first content sharing area reserved for, and configured to display, a rendering of a first content, wherein the second sharing area reserved for, and configured to display, a rendering of a second content;
• cause a transmission of the communication data comprising the plurality of streams to the one or more computing devices, the communication data causing the one or more computing devices to concurrently display the user interface on separate computing devices of the one or more computing devices, the user interface concurrently displaying the participant display area, the first content sharing area, and the second content sharing area;
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• cause the one or more computing devices, by use of the communication data, to display the renderings of video streams depicting individual participants in the participant display area, wherein the communication data concurrently causes a display of a rendering of the first content in the first content sharing area reserved for, and configured to display, the first content, wherein the communication data concurrently causes a display of a rendering of the second content in the second content sharing area reserved for, and configured to display, the second content.