Patent ID: 8904293
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for minimizing delays in web conference switches between presenters and applications, the method comprising: sending, by a processing device, a request to each user of a plurality users that are presenters having content to share and in response to the presenters not being a current presenter, the request requesting each presenter that is not the current presenter to select the content to share on their computer system; receiving, by the processing device, a key frame of the content selected by each presenter for sharing in response to each presenter selecting the content to share; receiving, by the processing device, the key frame of the content selected by each presenter for sharing in response to each presenter selecting the content to share; storing the key frame of the selected content of each presenter, by the processing device, in a buffer in response to the presenter not being the current presenter; sharing the key frame of the content in the buffer of the presenter that is a next presenter in a presenter queue with participants of the web conference, by the processing device, in response to an indication that a previous presenter has completed his presentation and the presenter being the next presenter in the presenter queue, sharing the key frame of the content in the buffer causing minimal delay in switching between presenters and applications during the web conference; streaming the selected content of the current presenter, by the processing device, to the participants after sharing the key frame of the selected content; and deleting the key frame of the selected content of the previous presenter from the buffer after the previous presenter completes his presentation.