US 12,118,264 B2
Method for intelligent screen sharing, screen sharing application and system for multi-party and multi-media conferencing
Karl Klaghofer, Munich (DE); and Thomas Lederer, Herrsching (DE)
Assigned to UNIFY PATENTE GMBH & CO. KG, Munich (DE)
Filed by Unify Patente GmbH & Co. KG, Munich (DE)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/318,768.
Claims priority of application No. 22214018 (EP), filed on Dec. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0201931 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/1454 (2013.01) [G06F 21/629 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for intelligent screen sharing, the method comprising:
initiating a first screen sharing in a screen sharing session of a screen sharing application service to share a screen content of a first user device of a first user;
sharing the screen content of the first user device in the first screen sharing during the screen sharing session such that the screen content of the first user device is shared during the screen sharing session with at least one other user device of the screen sharing session to display the screen content of the first user device via the at least one other user device of the screen sharing session, the at least one other user device including a second user device;
initiating a second screen sharing in the screen sharing session of the screen sharing application service to share a screen content of the second user device of a second user during the screen sharing session;
checking, by the screen sharing application service, whether multi-screen sharing is allowed and/or provided for the screen sharing session;
pausing, by the screen sharing application service, the first screen sharing of the first user upon a determination that multi-screen sharing is not allowed and/or not provided for the screen sharing session;
sharing the screen content of the second user device in the second screen sharing during the screen sharing session such that the screen content of the second user device is shared during the screen sharing session with at least the first user device to display the screen content of the second user device via the first user device;
ending the second screen sharing during the screen sharing session;
automatically resuming, by the screen sharing application service, the first screen sharing of the share screen content of the first user device during the screen sharing session; and
sharing, by the first user device, the screen content of the first user device after the first screen sharing is resumed.