US 2017/0257331 A1 · System and Method for Blocking Notification Messages During Screen Sharing

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for suspending notification messages at a presenter's computer during a presentation. For example, a method comprises: receiving, by an operating system of a computer, a first instruction from a screensharing application to suspend displaying notification messages by the operating system of the computer. The method further comprises sending visual media of a display screen of the computer by the operating system to the screensharing application during a screen sharing communication session. The method further comprises disregarding the request during the screen sharing communication session in accordance with the first instruction, in response to receiving a request from a first application to display a notification message on the display screen.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, by an operating system of a computer, a first instruction from a screensharing application to suspend displaying notification messages by the operating system of the computer;
sending visual media of a display screen of the computer by the operating, system to the screensharing, application during a screen sharing communication session;
and
in response to receiving a request from a first application to display a notification message on the display screen, disregarding the request during the screen sharing communication session in accordance with the first instruction.

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A computing device, comprising:

a memory containing a machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of suspending display of textual messages;
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to perform the following actions by a messaging application executed by the processor:
receive, by the messaging application, a first instruction from a screensharing application to suspend displaying textual messages on a display screen of a computer executing the screen sharing application during a screen sharing communication session;
store a first textual message received from a messaging server in response to receiving the first instruction and without causing the first textual message to be displayed;
receive a second instruction from the screensharing application to resume displaying textual messages, wherein the second instruction is received in response to an end of the screen sharing communication session;
and
display the first textual message in response to receiving the second instruction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and Method for Blocking Notification Messages During Screen Sharing

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