Application sharing single document sharing

US7418664B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ido Ben-Shachar · Redmond, US
• Ivan J. Leichtling · Redmond, US
• Robert Wilhelm Schmieder · Snoqualmie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 3, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 26, 2008
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

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.