Patent ID: 9462017
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for conducting a communications session comprising: displaying, by a client device, a communications interface including: (1) a first canvas; (2) a second canvas; and (3) a content browser, wherein: the first canvas is arranged to display a media stream the second canvas is arranged to display a sequence of content items provided by a communications system and the content browser is arranged to display identifiers for one or more files that are associated with the communications session, wherein the one or more files includes at least one of a video, image, and document format file; detecting a first input that selects a file from the content browser such that it is moved to the second canvas; in response to the first input, transmitting, from the client device to the communications system, an instruction to generate a new sequence of content items based on the selected file; and displaying the new sequence of content items in the second canvas, wherein each content item in the new sequence is represented by an image file that is generated to correspond to the content item in the new sequence, wherein at least one of the files identified in the content browser is associated with the communications session before the communications session is started, and the content browser is displayed during the communications session.