Patent ID: 9060033
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing the contents of a presentation in a web conference, the method comprising: determining whether only a portion of a page of a document is being displayed by a presenter computer in said web conference or determining whether said presenter computer is opening documents sequentially from a list of documents; determining, by a web conference server, whether a likelihood of a presenter at said presenter computer will discuss a page or open a document from a list of documents that is successive to a currently viewed page or document, respectively, exceeds a predetermined threshold based on said determination of whether only said portion of said page of said document is being displayed by said presenter computer in said web conference or said determination of whether said presenter computer is opening documents sequentially from said list of documents, respectively; extracting said successive full page of said currently viewed page or said successive document from said list of documents in response to said likelihood of said presenter at said presenter computer will discuss said page or open said document from said list of documents that is successive to said currently viewed page or document, respectively, exceeding said predetermined threshold; processing said extracted successive page or document into a displayable screen image; sending said displayable screen image to each participant computer to be cached; and transmitting, by a web conference server, a message to said each participant computer to display said cached displayable screen image in response to a current display thereof by said presenter computer.