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| 20100153857 | SHARED SPACE FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION Embodiments provide a shared space for communicating information. In an embodiment a number of users associated with a computing environment can use a shared space to communicate information with one another. Each computing device of the computing environment can includ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100131868 | LIMITEDLY SHARING APPLICATION WINDOWS IN APPLICATION SHARING SESSIONS In one embodiment, an application sharing session may be established between a presenter device and one or more viewer devices, and at least one application window may be generated on the presenter device that is to be shared with the one or more viewer devices. At the ... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100058203 | MODIFYING CONVERSATION WINDOWS A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives an indication that a conversation window for a first messaging contact is desirably collapsed, wherein the conversation window for the first messaging contact corresponds to an instant messaging appli... | 03/04/2010 |
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| 20080320399 | User Management of Display Properties of Shared Display Window in Shared Display Window Environment Computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for managing display properties of a shared display window in a shared display window environment, wherein the shared display window environment includes a host for managing display properties of share... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080192059 | Multi-user display The sharing of data via a multi-user data sharing display device is described. One disclosed embodiment comprises a body, a display disposed on the body, a first data input disposed on the body, and a second input disposed on the body. The device also comprises a contro... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080163075 | Server-Client Interaction and Information Management System An information-sharing system includes a server in a wide-area network coupled to a data repository, software executing on the server, providing services for a first person, wherein the first person is enabled to create one or more personae stored in the data repository... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080114844 | Shared space for communicating information Embodiments provide a shared space for communicating information. In an embodiment a number of users associated with a computing environment can use a shared space to communicate information with one another. Each computing device of the computing environment can includ... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20070234221 | MESSAGE WINDOW DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT A disclosed technology is for controlling the operation of displaying message windows. Plural message windows are not displayed at the same time in response to plural requests being made to start displaying the same message window.... | 10/04/2007 |
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| 20060150109 | Shared user interface A system (200) includes a visiting wireless device (202) and a host wireless device (206) that communicate with each other. A shared user interface is commonly used by the two devices. During an ongoing interaction between a user of the visiting dev... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060010392 | Desktop sharing method and system A desktop sharing system and method are provided. A desktop sharing application permits a selected display region on a first computer's desktop to be shared with other computers. The desktop sharing application permits another computer to assume control and share a sele... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20050278643 | Display control apparatus, information display apparatus, display system, display control program and display control method A display control apparatus which displays information items from outside on a screen of a display apparatus, comprises a receiver for receiving the information from outside, and a controller which allocates in the screen multiple display areas respectively associated w... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050257160 | Apparatus, system, and method for concurrent window selection An apparatus, system and method of concurrent window selection are provided. The invention communicates a directive to a plurality of window modules. Each window module may enter a selected state responsive to receiving a selection directive, enter a deselected state re... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050223343 | Cursor controlled shared display area Described is a method for sharing a portion of a sharer display with a viewer display. A sharing area that defines the portion of the sharer display to be shown on the viewer display is determined in response to a display allocation of the viewer display and a cursor po... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050216848 | Method and system for creating a virtual team environment A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the res... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050210393 | Asynchronous collaboration via audio/video annotation A system and method is disclosed for asynchronous collaboration between a plurality of remote users. More specifically, a system based on a client/server architecture is disclosed, in which a remote user may create a combined message having an audiovisual message and an... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050204296 | Method, a hypermedia browser, a network client, a network server, and a computer software product for providing joint navigation of hypermedia documents The present invention relates to a method for sharing a hypermedia document presentation in a browser context between at least two clients (C1, C2, C3), the method comprising the following steps of establishing a common presentation context (SV), ex... | 09/15/2005 |
| 20050188321 | Method and structure for automated layout director A method (and structure) of providing a composite data feed for an online meeting includes at least one of providing a capability for at least one participant node in the online meeting to input a layout rule for a customized composite image of the online meeting and re... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050183023 | Displaying and operating methods for a table-shaped information terminal An individual information screen is displayed for each of operators on the same table surface and it is possible to surely acquire shared information required for conversation between the operators. The data on each of individual information screens cannot be viewed by ... | 08/18/2005 |
| 20050166154 | Enhanced instant message status message area containing time/date stamped entries and editable by others A system for providing a user status message in an instant messaging system that permits editing of the user status message by the owner of the status message and other users, and that displays information in the status message regarding the editing history of the statu... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050138566 | User interface, method, system and program product for managing collaboration data A user interface, method, system and program product for managing collaboration data, in which a shared object is displayed in a user interface. Access to one or more collaboration management functions is provided in a portion of the user interface, and collaboration da... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050132299 | Systems and methods for improved application sharing in a multimedia collaboration session A share display in a multimedia collaboration system includes a desktop region and a non-overlapping task bar region. A collaboration program is configured to allow the desktop region to be shared with remote multimedia collaboration devices from the purposes of collabo... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050132298 | Displaying interactive chat sessions Certain implementations of the invention are suitable for use in customer support systems where a service agent and a customer communicate via an interactive chat session. The computer system used by the service agent is capable of providing a graphical user interface (... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050114792 | Method and system for exchanging information with a process using a window display port A method and system are described for exchanging information with a process using a window display port. According to an exemplary embodiment, information related to a first process is presented in a window that is resizable within a presentation space of a monitor. A s... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050114789 | Method and system for collaborative web browsing A Web browser is augmented with collaborative features to support community aware browsing sessions. The augmentation provided includes a data mining plug-in for the browser to establish collaborative context based on Uniform Resource Locator (URL) meta data keywords, o... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050081160 | Communication and collaboration system using rich media environments A system that enables communication and collaboration among individuals using rich media environments. A system according to the present techniques includes a set of rich media environments each having a corresponding arrangement of sensing and rendering components for ... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050081158 | Apparatus and method for remote controlling A remote control apparatus and method. A client-side remote control method includes: receiving characteristic information for each of plural windows from a server; identifying each of the plural windows by referring to the received characteristic information; and transm... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050028106 | Graphical user interface for system status alert on videoconference terminal An “Alert” tab or button is displayed on the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of a videoconference terminal when a problem is detected in the embedded system. Selecting the tab or button—e.g., with a pointing device—causes the display to switch to a diagnostic pag... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050022132 | Managing objects and sharing information among communities A method for managing objects for users including providing a set of attributes and a set of containers each having attributes from the set. The method further provides a user interface for dynamically assigning attributes to the objects. The method further provides for... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050010874 | Virtual collaborative editing room A room designed for collaboration and personal interaction during the editing process by parties situated in different locations. At a source location, an operator transmits media content from an editing system to a target location. At the target location, another opera... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005247 | Image display processing apparatus, an image display processing method, and an information providing medium To display a window for displaying auxiliary information near a window for displaying main information. When a drag operation is performed to move a multiuser window to a predetermined position and display there, if the distance of the multiuser window to the main windo... | 01/06/2005 |
