Patent ID: 9344288
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a computing device on a communication network, rich presence information from each of a plurality of devices coupled to the communication network, the rich presence information comprising, for respective ones of the plurality of devices, visual context information depicting operational elements, user interactions with content currently displayed on a display of the device, and navigational information representing a session address for a virtual location of the operational elements and the user interactions; displaying thumbnail images associated with the plurality of devices, each thumbnail image comprising visual context information for one of the plurality of devices; receiving a selection of a thumbnail image comprising visual context information depicting a session comprising use of an application at a selected device; and using the navigational information to establish a sharing session between the computing device and the selected device, the sharing session comprising electronic collaboration using the application to display and interact with a same instance of the content at the virtual location, wherein user interactions by either a user of the computing device and a user of the selected device are displayed on both devices in the sharing session.