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A centralized service communicatively links an application provider to a plurality of different message forwarding services. The centralized service receives a request and authenticates the application provider associated with the request. Further, the centralized service delivers a message embodied by the request to a first message forwarding service with a first protocol and/or to a second message forwarding service with a second protocol different than the first protocol.

Centralized service for distributed service deployments

Architecture for seamless role switching in application sharing. A multipoint control unit (MCU) can be used for connecting multiple clients over a network. An application sharing component establishes an application sharing session over the MCU, and application content is exchanged from a sharer client to one or more viewer clients. Each client can communicate a media connection preference to the session. Client sharer and viewer roles are defined during creation of the application sharing session. A client can seamlessly switch roles during the session from a viewer to a sharer, and vice-versa, so that different application content can be shared to the session viewers. The session can be restricted to only one sharer so that the viewing clients view one sharer client at a time.

Signaling support for sharer switching in application sharing

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