Patent ID: 8433812
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G09G,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method executed on a computing device, comprising: providing a collaboration session with a client having a client-side media platform specific to the client, the collaboration session including a first communication channel in which media data for a media component is communicated, and a second communication channel in which a user-interface component is communicated to the client; receiving, from the client, server-side media-playback-commands of a server-side media platform specific to a server; translating the server-side media-playback-commands of the server-side media platform specific to the server into platform generic media-playback-commands for transmission to a client; and transmitting the platform generic media-playback-commands to the client, wherein the client translates the platform generic media-playback-commands into client-side media-playback-commands of the client-side media platform specific to the client.