Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Shawn Erickson

Nick E Demmon

David Pevton Cox

Thomas Mahieu

Systems and method for capturing content for sharing are disclosed. In some aspects, a content capturing application is instantiated on a first computing device. A visual output providing application is instantiated for execution within the content capturing application. The visual output providing application does not execute independently of the content capturing application. The visual output providing application is configured to display an image. The image displayed by the visual output providing application is provided for presentation via the first computing device. At least a portion of the image displayed by the visual output providing application is captured via operation of the content capturing application. The captured at least the portion of the image displayed by the visual output providing application is transmitted via a network to a second computing device.

Capturing and sharing visual content via an application

In the method, a logical unity is queried with a first command requesting first identifier data, to determine whether a unique identifier (UID) for the logical unit can be constructed based on the first identifier data. If a UID cannot be constructed from the first identifier data, the logical unit is queried with a second command requesting second identifier data, to determined if a UID can be constructed based on the second identifier data. If a UID cannot be constructed based on the second identifier data, the logical unit is queried with a third command requesting third identifier data. Information is extracted from the first identifier data and from the third identifier data and a UID is generated based on the extracted information.

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Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

Shawn Erickson