Remote collaboration among a host computer and a plurality of remote computers each remote computer running a remote program that selectively replicates annotated images on the other remote computers
US5870547A · kind A · utility
69Cited by
8References
2Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 2, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention concerns using multiple computers to hold a conference. Under the invention, an application program can run on a single computer, yet remote participants can issue commands to the program. Remote participants can watch the program operate, because the invention replicates the display window of the running program onto the displays of the remote computers. Any participant can make annotations on the participant's own computer display. The invention copies the annotations to the displays of the other participants.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.