Managing inking events from remote inking devices during online meetings

A method, implemented by a computing device, for managing inking events during an online meeting, wherein inking events are events controlling digital inking activity during the online meeting, wherein the online meeting has a plurality of participant devices, and wherein shared screen content is being presented during the online meeting, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a remote inking device, a begin inking event message for the online meeting;
• receiving, from the remote inking device, a stream of coordinate update events for performing an inking action, wherein the inking action draws digital ink on the shared screen content, and wherein the stream of coordinate update events represents physical movement of the remote inking device as indicated by a physical orientation sensor of the remote inking device;
• and
• for each of the plurality of participant devices:
• relaying the begin inking event message to the participant device;
• and
• relaying the stream of coordinate update events to the participant device;
• wherein the relayed stream of coordinate update events is usable at the participant device to perform the inking action on a local display of the participant device.

One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions for execution on a computing device to perform operations for managing inking events during an online meeting, wherein inking events are events controlling digital inking activity during the online meeting, wherein the online meeting has a plurality of participant devices, and wherein shared screen content is being presented during the online meeting, the operations comprising:

• receiving, from a remote inking device, a begin inking event message for the online meeting, wherein the remote inking device operates as a virtual laser pointer device during the online meeting;
• receiving, from the remote inking device, a stream of coordinate update events for performing an inking action, wherein the inking action draws digital ink on the shared screen content, wherein the stream of coordinate update events represents physical movement of the remote inking device as indicated by a gyroscope of the remote inking device, and wherein the inking action is a virtual laser pointer;
• and
• for each of the plurality of participant devices:
• relaying the begin inking event message to the participant device;
• and
• relaying the stream of coordinate update events to the participant device;
• wherein the relayed stream of coordinate update events is usable at the participant device to perform the inking action on a local display of the participant device.