US 12,489,867 B2
Controlling display of content based on screen sharing in a video conference session
Amit Kumar Agrawal, Bangalore (IN); and Shuaib Puzhakkal Kavalathara, Malappuram (IN)
Assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,473.
Prior Publication US 2024/0283893 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/152 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining that a video conference session is active on a computing device in a screen sharing mode in which a user is sharing content displayed on a display screen associated with the computing device with a remote user connected to the video conference session via a remote device, wherein the determining includes determining that the user is sharing the content displayed on the display screen in an immersive mode in which a primary user interface of the video conference session is removed from the display screen;
detecting that the remote user has entered the screen sharing mode on the remote device, thereby ending the screen sharing mode on the computing device;
detecting that the remote user has ended the screen sharing mode on the remote device; and
displaying a prompt on the display screen that is selectable to resume the screen sharing mode on the computing device responsive to the screen sharing mode ending on the remote device, the prompt being displayed based on the screen sharing mode having ended on the remote device while the immersive mode was active on the computing device.