User interface with a hierarchical presentation of selection options for selecting a sharing mode of a video conference
AssigneeBlue Jeans Network, Inc.
InventorsLuke Ma, Melissa Suarez
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Abstract
A user interface for a video conference session includes selection options for selecting one or more sharing modes, at least some of the selection options presented in a hierarchical fashion on the user interface. The sharing modes may include a screen sharing mode, an application sharing mode and a window sharing mode.
Claims19
A user interface of a video conference system for facilitating a video conference session between a sharing participant and other participants, said user interface comprising:
- an on-screen display having a plurality of selection areas associated with a plurality of sharing modes for use during the video conference session, a first of the selection areas allowing the sharing participant to share an entire screen of an endpoint of the video conference system with the other participants in the video conference session, and a second of the selection areas comprising a hierarchical arrangement of selection options associated with at least two of the sharing modes, a first of the at least two sharing modes allowing the sharing participant to share all active windows of an application with the other participants in the video conference session, and a second of the at least two sharing modes allowing the sharing participant to share only selected windows of the application with the other participants in the video conference session.
A user interface of a video conference system for facilitating a video conference session between a sharing participant and other participants, said user interface comprising:
- an on-screen display having a plurality of selection areas associated with a plurality of sharing modes for use during the video conference session, a first of the selection areas allowing a sharing participant to switch between screens shared with other participants in the video conference session, and a second of the selection areas comprising a hierarchical arrangement of selection options associated with at least two of the sharing modes, a first of the at least two sharing modes allowing the sharing participant to share with the other participants in the video conference session either all active windows of an application within a first screen of an endpoint of the video conference system or only selected windows of the application within the first screen, and a second of the two selection areas allowing the sharing participant to share with the other participants in the video conference session either all active windows of the application within a second screen of the endpoint of the video conference system or only selected windows of the application within the second screen.
A user interface of a video conference system for facilitating a video conference session, said user interface comprising a selection interface that comprises a hierarchical arrangement of selection options for sharing content in accordance with one or more of an application sharing mode or a window sharing mode.
A method for executing a video conference session, said method comprising:
- displaying, on a first screen of an endpoint of a video conference system, a selection interface that comprises a hierarchical arrangement of selection options for sharing content in accordance with one or more of an application sharing mode or a window sharing mode;
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- responsive to a sharing participant's selection of one of the selection options, sharing with other participants of the video conference session one or more screen objects displayed on the first screen of the endpoint of the video conference system, said screen objects corresponding to elements designated by the selection option selected by the sharing participant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.