Selective Desktop Content Sharing in Collaboration Sessions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current collaboration session technologies do not effectively manage and display shared content during web-based collaboration sessions, particularly in scenarios where the presenter's entire desktop needs to be shared, including audio, graphical, and textual information, while maintaining control over which parts are visible to attendees.
Innovation Solution
The system allows for selective sharing of a presenter's desktop content during collaboration sessions by using a processor to detect and manage windows, render content for display on both presenter and attendee devices, and provide indicators and control tabs to manage sharing status, ensuring that sensitive information remains private.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the presenter's entire desktop is shared during a collaboration session, then all content (audio, graphical, textual information) is visible to attendees, but sensitive information may be exposed without selective control
Solution Approach 1:
The desktop display is segmented into multiple regions with different sharing states. The system divides the desktop into shared regions (visible to attendees) and private regions (hidden from attendees), allowing selective content sharing without requiring complex interface controls. This segmentation approach resolves the contradiction by providing fine-grained control through spatial division rather than complex interface mechanisms.
2Ease of operation
If indicators and control tabs are displayed on the presenter device, then presenters can manage shared content effectively, but the interface becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The control tab is merged with the window border of the shared application window. Instead of adding a separate, independent control interface, the system integrates the control functionality directly into the existing window structure. The control tab appears as part of the window frame, combining the window display and control functions into a single unified interface element, thereby improving ease of operation without significantly increasing interface complexity.
3Reliability
If selective window sharing is implemented, then privacy is enhanced, but the system requires more complex detection and management of windows
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects and manages window sharing states without requiring manual configuration. The presenter device autonomously identifies application windows, determines their sharing status, and applies the appropriate sharing behavior. This self-service approach enhances privacy protection through automatic selective sharing while reducing the difficulty of window detection by eliminating the need for manual window selection or complex detection algorithms.
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AI summary
Methods and apparatuses share shared content from a presenter device with an attendee device; display the shared content on the attendee device; display an indicator associated with the shared content on the presenter device; and display a control tab configured to change a shared status.