Patent ID: 8937637
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A video conferencing system, comprising: a content display device coupled to a local computer and displaying streaming images provided by a remote server during a communication session, the streaming images being displayed by a first web browser executing on the local computer and communicatively coupled to the remote server; a control display device coupled to the local computer and displaying a control interface, the control interface being displayed by a second web browser executing on the local computer, such second web browser receiving a command through the control interface of the control display device for controlling presentation of the streaming images provided by the remote server during the communication session; and, a local communication server executing on the local computer and communicatively coupled to the first web browser and the second web browser, the local communication server receiving such command from the second web browser and transmitting such command to the first web browser displaying the streaming images so that the command is received by the first web browser independently of communications with the remote server and the received command is communicated by the first web browser to the remote server.