US 9,544,158 B2Granted

Workspace collaboration via a wall-type computing device

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorsMatthew J. Kotler, Joseph F. Friend, Ned B. Friend, Erez Kikin-Gil, Charles W. Parker, Igor Zaika

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Abstract

Multi-user, multi-computing device collaborative work experience is provided. One or more computing devices, including wired and wireless personal computers, laptop computers, servers, handheld mobile computing devices, for example, mobile telephones, tablet type computers, slate type computers and the like, may be linked together to allow users of such devices to engage in a collaborative work session. Information for each user engaged in the collaborative work session may be displayed on the one or more devices along with any content such as agenda items, documents, data, images, and the like. User participation may be tracked, and information on user participation, work session communications and content may be stored for subsequent use.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for providing a collaborative work session via a wall-type computing device, comprising:

generating, on the wall-type computing device, a computer-generated display surface for displaying content associated with a collaborative work session;
and
providing, on the wall-type computing device, a content area and a user interface in a separate window on the computer-generated display surface, the user interface including a smaller representation of content displayed on the content area of the computer-generated display surface, wherein the user interface provides functionality to a presenter who is physically located at the wall-type computing device to interact with the content displayed within the content area on the computer-generated display surface via interaction with the smaller representation of content displayed on the user interface,
wherein the interaction with the smaller representation of content displayed on the user interface includes one or more of:
receiving an input in the user interface to edit, revise or manipulate the content within the content area, and receiving a directional input in the user interface that causes a corresponding navigation movement within the content area.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/253,886Filed 5 Oct 2011
Published: US 2013/0091440 A111 Apr 2013
Granted: 10 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04L 12/1813
For broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast: for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms
G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
H04L 65/4015
Wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board…:…
H04L 65/4025
Wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel non-real time sessions, e.g. downloading a file in a…:…