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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2006
Ido M. Ben-shachar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ivan J. Leichtling, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert W. Schmieder, Issaquah, WA (US);
Ido M. Ben-Shachar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ivan J. Leichtling, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert W. Schmieder, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An improved application sharing system and method allow sharing of documents on a per document basis rather than on a per application basis, in order to simplify the user experience and to provide a more secure sharing environment. A window marking method is used to construct a window list describing the shared and unshared status of various windows. In an embodiment of the invention, a viewer machine displays only a most recently active shared document window even when other windows are also marked as shared. In this way, a viewer's attention can be automatically focused on a current document of interest.