Patent ID: 6570590
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
In a client computer system having a graphical user interface including a display and a pointing device, the computer system being connected to a host computer system, the host computer system sharing an application with the client computer system during data conferencing, and the host computer system controlling an image corresponding to the shared application on the display-device of the client computer system, a method for displaying and manipulating an image corresponding to the shared application on the display-device of the client computer system, the method comprising:displaying in a top-level frame on the display device of the client computer system, the image corresponding to the shared application, the application being non-responsive to commands issued from the client computer system until the client computer system obtains control of the shared application from the host computer system; facilitating a plurality of operations, the operations including moving, restoring, minimizing and closing, on said top-level frame by a user of the client computer system; and manipulating the top-level frame of the client computer to reflect a degree of interest and designating the frequency of updates to the image corresponding to the shared application in the frame on the display device of the client computer in accordance with the degree of interest.