Patent ID: 7507091

Claim:
A method in a participant computer system for indicating to a presenter whether a participant in a computer-based presentation is paying attention to the presentation, the method comprising: displaying to the participant a presentation window containing content of the presentation; determining a current status of the presentation window, wherein determining the current status of the presentation window includes determining whether the presentation window is in current focus on a display of the participant computer system; and notifying a presenter computer system during the presentation of the current status of the presentation window as an indication of whether the participant is paying attention to the presentation, wherein the presenter computer system is a separate computer system from the participant computer system, wherein the presenter computer system displays to the presenter during the presentation an indication of whether the participant is paying attention to the presentation, and wherein the displayed indication is a score of a degree to which the participant is paying attention to the presentation, wherein the score is based at least in part on the determination of whether the presentation window is in current focus on the display of the participant computer system.