Patent ID: 6219044
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a conferencing network system having a conference enabler for distributing an application to a plurality of servers, each server having its own display, a method performed by said enabler for managing top-level windows controlled by said conference enabler amongst said plurality of servers, said method comprising the steps of:identifying a top-level window in a window request coming from said conferenced application by identifying whether a window in said request has a root window as a parent;maintaining a list of top-level windows for each of said servers at said conference enabler;entering a window ID associated with said top-level window of said window request into said list of top-level windows;providing a slot, associated with said top-level window of said window request, within said top-level window list for storing the window configuration of said top-level window of said window request as configured by a window manager at each said servers.