Content sharing system for small-screen devices

One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:

• generate for display on a first display of a user device a portion of content being displayed on a second display of a presenter device that is being shared with the user device during an online conference session over a network;
• detect when a first change has occurred in the content that is outside of the portion displayed on the first display;
• and
• generate for display a graphical element on the first display in response to detecting that the first change has occurred in the content that is outside of the portion displayed on the first display, the graphical element including:
• a changed region notification comprising at least one notification bar displayed along a border of the first display that is closest to a region in which the first change has occurred;
• and a changed point indicator at a location in the at least one notification bar that is proximate to a location of the first change in the second display, the changed point indicator comprising at least one pointer, wherein a number of pointers in the changed point indicator is based on a number of changes associated with the changed point indicator.

An apparatus comprising:

• a network interface configured to enable communications over a network;
• a memory configured to store client processing logic;
• a processor coupled to the network interface and the memory, the processor configured to:
• generate for display on a first display of a user device a portion of content being displayed on a second display of a presenter device that is being shared with the user device during an online conference session over the network;
• detect when a first change has occurred in the content that is outside of the portion displayed on the first display;
• and
• generate for display a graphical element on the first display in response to detecting that the first change has occurred in the content that is outside of the portion displayed on the first display, the graphical element including:
• a changed region notification comprising at least one notification bar displayed along a border of the first display that is closest to a region in which the first change has occurred;
• and a changed point indicator at a location in the at least one notification bar that is proximate to a location of the first change in the second display, the changed point indicator comprising at least one pointer, wherein a number of pointers in the changed point indicator is based on a number of changes associated with the changed point indicator.