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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2009
Sundar Anantharaman, Redmond, WA (US);
Pradipta Kumar Basu, Redmond, WA (US);
Deepak P. Rao, Bellevue, WA (US);
Calin M. Popa, Bothell, WA (US);
Dhruv Chopra, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rastan V. Boroujerdi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Aidan R. Downes, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael K. W. Tsu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sundar Anantharaman, Redmond, WA (US);
Pradipta Kumar Basu, Redmond, WA (US);
Deepak P. Rao, Bellevue, WA (US);
Calin M. Popa, Bothell, WA (US);
Dhruv Chopra, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rastan V. Boroujerdi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Aidan R. Downes, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael K. W. Tsu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
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.