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US 12,118,264 B2Granted
Method for intelligent screen sharing, screen sharing application and system for multi-party and multi-media conferencing
AssigneeUnify Patente GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsKarl Klaghofer, Thomas Lederer
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Abstract
A method for intelligent screen sharing, a screen sharing application and a system for multi-party and multi-media conferencing can be configured to allow an efficient temporary switching of screen sharing in a multi-party multi-media conference and/or automatically returning to previous presenter(s) without the need to restart the screen sharing again. In some embodiments, an automatic re-establishment of the screen sharing session can be provided as well (e.g. after a presenting user had temporarily lost network connection).
Claims18
A method for intelligent screen sharing, the method comprising:
- initiating a first screen sharing in a screen sharing session of a screen sharing application service to share a screen content of a first user device of a first user;
- sharing the screen content of the first user device in the first screen sharing during the screen sharing session such that the screen content of the first user device is shared during the screen sharing session with at least one other user device of the screen sharing session to display the screen content of the first user device via the at least one other user device of the screen sharing session, the at least one other user device including a second user device;
- initiating a second screen sharing in the screen sharing session of the screen sharing application service to share a screen content of the second user device of a second user during the screen sharing session;
- checking, by the screen sharing application service, whether multi-screen sharing is allowed and/or provided for the screen sharing session;
- pausing, by the screen sharing application service, the first screen sharing of the first user upon a determination that multi-screen sharing is not allowed and/or not provided for the screen sharing session;
- sharing the screen content of the second user device in the second screen sharing during the screen sharing session such that the screen content of the second user device is shared during the screen sharing session with at least the first user device to display the screen content of the second user device via the first user device;
- ending the second screen sharing during the screen sharing session;
- automatically resuming, by the screen sharing application service, the first screen sharing of the share screen content of the first user device during the screen sharing session;
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- sharing, by the first user device, the screen content of the first user device after the first screen sharing is resumed.
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A screen sharing service apparatus, comprising:
- a computer device having a processor connected to a non-transitory memory and at least one transceiver, the computer device communicatively connectable with a first user device of a first user and a second user device of a second user, the computer device configured to:
- initiate a first screen sharing in a screen sharing session to share a screen content of the first user device of the first user;
- share the screen content of the first user device during the screen sharing session such that the screen content of the first user device is shared during the screen sharing session with at least one other user device of the screen sharing session to display the screen content of the first user device via the at least one other user device of the screen sharing session, the at least one other user device including the second user device;
- initiate a second screen sharing in the screen sharing session to share a screen content of the second user device of the second user;
- check whether multi-screen sharing is allowed and/or provided for the screen sharing session;
- pause the first screen sharing of the first user device upon a determination that multi-screen sharing is not allowed and/or not provided for the screen sharing session;
- share the screen content of the second user device during the second screen sharing during the screen sharing session such that the screen content of the second user device is shared during the screen sharing session with at least the first user device to display the screen content of the second user device via the first user device;
- end the second screen sharing;
- automatically resume the first screen sharing of the share screen content of the first user device;
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- share the screen content of the first user device after the first screen sharing is resumed.
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A system for multi-party and multi-media conferencing, comprising:
- a screen sharing service apparatus including:
- a computer device having a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium and at least one transceiver, the computer device communicatively connectable with a first user device of a first user and a second user device of a second user, the computer device configured to:
- initiate a first screen sharing in a screen sharing session to share a screen content of the first user device of the first user;
- share the screen content of the first user device in the first screen sharing during the screen sharing session such that the screen content of the first user device is shared during the screen sharing session with at least one other user device of the screen sharing session to display the screen content of the first user device via the at least one other user device of the screen sharing session, the at least one other user device including the second user device;
- initiate a second screen sharing in the screen sharing session to share a screen content of the second user device of the second user;
- check whether multi-screen sharing is allowed and/or provided for the screen sharing session;
- pause the first screen sharing of the first user device upon a determination that multi-screen sharing is not allowed and/or not provided for the screen sharing session;
- share the screen content of the second user device during the second screen sharing during the screen sharing session such that the screen content of the second user device is shared during the screen sharing session with at least the first user device to display the screen content of the second user device via the first user device;
- end the second screen sharing;
- automatically resume the first screen sharing of the share the screen content of the first user device;
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- share the screen content of the first user device after the first screen sharing is resumed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.