Systems and methods for enabling participants in an audio or video conference session to express interest in shared content

A method for enabling participants in a communications session having shared content to express an interest in the shared content, the method comprising:

• storing shared content;
• sending the shared content to at least one of the participants in the communications session;
• receiving, from at least one participant in the communications session, an indication that the participant has expressed interest in the shared content;
• determining a location on the shared content associated with the received indication;
• and
• modifying the shared content to include a visual indicator incorporated into the shared content at the determined location and sending the modified shared content to at least one other participant.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• store shared content;
• send the shared content to at least one of the participants in the communications session;
• receive, from at least one participant in the communications session, an indication that the participant has expressed interest in the shared content, determine a location on the shared content associated with the received indication, and
• modify the shared content to include a visual indicator incorporated into the shared content at the determined location and send the modified shared content to at least one other participant.