Patent ID: 8612867

Claim:
A computer implemented method of automatically extending a collaboration window, the computer implemented method comprising: a processor detecting an initiation of an interactive teleconference between two communication devices, wherein the interactive teleconference is between two parties that have no history of prior communications between the two parties, wherein a starting context is independent of any history of prior communications between the two parties, wherein the two parties have never shared any documents or content history between the two parties, and wherein the interactive teleconference utilizes a collaboration window that is displayed on the two communication devices; the processor determining a topic of the interactive teleconference from the starting context of the interactive teleconference, wherein the starting context is defined according to a communication type used between the two communication devices and a role of one or more parties using the two communication devices; the processor associating the topic of the interactive teleconference with a related application, wherein the related application provides supporting information related to the topic of the interactive teleconference; and the processor automatically displaying the supporting information from the related application in the collaboration window on at least one of the two communication devices.