Patent ID: 8554868
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G06F,G06T,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computing device for sharing information, comprising: a memory component for storing data and instructions; and a processing component for executing instructions that enables actions, comprising: enabling a communication between a user of the computing device and another user of another computing device; providing a sharing strip for display on the computing device and another sharing strip for display on the other computing device, wherein multimedia information placed on either sharing strip is simultaneously displayed on each computing device; receiving the multimedia information with at least one of the user's computing device and the other user's computing device; enabling the user and the other user to annotate the received multimedia information; inserting at least a portion of the multimedia information into a sequence of multimedia information that is placed on one of the sharing strips displayed on one of the computing devices, wherein the a one of the sharing strips displays at least a portion of a thumbnail associated with the inserted multimedia infomation among a plurality of other thumbnails; and simultaneously sharing, independent of the concurrent communication by the user with the other user, the sequence of multimedia information with the user and the other user on each sharing strip on each computing device, wherein the sequence and the multimedia information are configured to be concurrently editable by each of the users and wherein the edited sequence is further configured to be concurrently shared with both users, wherein simultaneously sharing further comprises: sending a plurality of multimedia information in a send order based on an order of different selected thumbnails in the sharing strip, wherein each of the plurality of the multimedia information is associated with a different selected thumbnail in the sharing strip.