Read-Only Webpage Sharing for Interactive Content Review
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing screen-sharing technologies in virtual meetings limit users' ability to review web-content at their own pace, copy text, or make operations on the shared content, as it is typically presented as a live video.
Innovation Solution
Web-content is shared via web browsers in a webpage format, allowing participants to copy text, scroll, and overlay presenter inputs as images or videos, with read-only webpages to protect sensitive data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If web-content is shared via screen-sharing function as live video, then the sharing function is simple and easy to implement, but users cannot copy text, review content at their own pace, or make operations on the content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copy of the webpage in a read-only format that can be shared. This copy allows participants to interact with the content (copy text, scroll, highlight) without affecting the original page or requiring complex permissions. The read-only webpage is generated from the original page's HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, enabling full functionality while maintaining simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the content sharing into two independent parts: the original webpage (which the presenter controls) and the read-only copy (which participants receive). This segmentation allows each part to have different functionality - the original can be fully interactive while the copy is restricted, solving the contradiction between ease of operation and system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If the shared webpage allows full access and interaction, then users can copy text and review content, but sensitive data may be accessed by participants
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a read-only copy of the webpage that prevents participants from accessing or modifying sensitive data. The copy includes all necessary HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for full functionality, but the read-only attribute blocks any write operations or data extraction, thus maintaining security while enabling ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different quality attributes to different parts of the system: the original webpage maintains full interactivity and data access for the presenter, while the shared copy has restricted write operations and data access for participants. This local differentiation of quality allows each user to have the appropriate level of access without compromising overall security.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides full webpage functionality with copying and scrolling, then users can review content at their own pace, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a straightforward copying mechanism where the server sends the webpage's HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code to participants' browsers. This simple copy approach enables full functionality (copying text, scrolling, interacting with forms) without requiring complex system architecture, as the browser naturally handles all these operations with standard web technologies.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for presenting content are described herein. A computing device may receive, from a first client device, first data associated with a first webpage being displayed in a first web browser on the first client device. The computing device may generate, based on the first data, a read-only webpage corresponding to the first webpage. The computing device may send second data that is configured to enable rendering, in a second web browser on the second client device, the first read-only webpage, so that content in the first webpage is shared between the first client device and the second device. In this way, the content may be shared dynamically among different users.