Patent ID: 7414638
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a computing device for displaying a shared graphical object to a viewing user from a sharing user, the viewing and sharing users engaged in a data sharing session wherein data is transmitted from a sharing computer used by the sharing user to a viewing computer used by the viewing user, comprising: displaying a current image of the shared graphical object to the viewing user via the viewing computer if current window data corresponding to the current state of the entire graphical object has been shared from the sharing computer to the viewing computer; displaying a portion of a current image of the shared graphical object to the viewing user via the viewing computer if the current window data corresponds to less than the entire graphical object, and supplementing the displayed portion of the current image with past window data corresponding to a past state of the graphical object, unless the current window data corresponds to less than a predetermined fraction of the shared graphical object; and displaying a past image of the shared graphical object to the viewing user via the viewing computer if the current window data corresponds to less than the predetermined fraction of the shared graphical object, wherein the past image corresponds to an image that was displayed to the viewing user at a prior time, comprising: