US 12,218,999 B2
Selective content sharing in a video conference
David C. White, Jr., St. Petersburg, FL (US); Magnus Mortensen, Cary, NC (US); and Jay Kemper Johnston, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,748.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377120 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 65/613 (2022.01); H04L 65/401 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/613 (2022.05) [H04L 65/4015 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/764 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining first display content for a video conference session from a first endpoint device, wherein the video conference session is one video conference session that includes the first endpoint device, a second endpoint device, and a third endpoint device;
streaming the first display content for the video conference session to the second endpoint device;
obtaining second display content for the video conference session from the second endpoint device;
determining an available network bandwidth for the video conference session;
determining whether to utilize cascaded content sharing or combinational content sharing for streaming the second display content for the video conference session to the third endpoint device based, at least in part, on the available network bandwidth for the video conference session; and
while streaming the first display content for the video conference session to the second endpoint device, streaming the second display content for the video conference session to the third endpoint device utilizing the cascaded content sharing or the combinational content sharing while preventing the second display content for the video conference session from being streamed to the first endpoint device, wherein streaming the second display content for the video conference session to the third endpoint device is capable of being switched between the cascaded content sharing and the combinational content sharing based, at least in part, on the available network bandwidth for the video conference session.