Patent ID: 7278107

Claim:
A method for managing windows in a network-based collaborative meeting, comprising: accessing a meeting application window pertaining to the network-based collaborative meeting; removing a portion of the meeting application window, the portion being determined based on a data portion of the meeting application window and a region of a window corresponding to a shared target application, wherein the removing step comprises: determining on-screen coordinates of the data portion of the meeting application window; determining on screen coordinates of the meeting application window; determining the region of the window corresponding to the target application; determining a value by performing an AND logical operation of the region of the target application and the on-screen coordinates of the data portion of the meeting application window; and determining the portion to be removed by performing an exclusive-OR logical operation of the value and the on-screen coordinates of the meeting application window; and removing the portion from the meeting application window; and viewing the window corresponding to the shared target application through the removed portion of the meeting application window.