A method, computer system, and a computer program product for application sharing are provided. Setting information that includes a display preference of a receiver is received. Application content from a host computer is received. The application content includes at least one screen image. The at least one screen image is converted according to the setting information. The converted screen image is transmitted to a receiver computer for real-time screen sharing with the host computer. A host controller action signal is received. The host controller action signal represents a host controller action at the host computer. A content modification is transmitted to the receiver computer for the real-time screen sharing and for displaying with the converted at least one screen image. The content modification corresponds to the host controller action.

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for application sharing are provided. Setting information that includes a display preference of a receiver is received. Application content from a host computer is received. The application content includes at least one screen image. The at least one screen image is converted according to the setting information. The converted screen image is transmitted to a receiver computer for real-time screen sharing with the host computer. A host controller action signal is received. The host controller action signal represents a host controller action at the host computer. A content modification is transmitted to the receiver computer for the real-time screen sharing and for displaying with the converted at least one screen image. The content modification corresponds to the host controller action.

Embodiments include an audio analyzer to analyze audio data received from a user computing system operating as a participant in a conference managed by a conferencing application and to detect one or audio pause conditions; a video analyzer to analyze video data received from the user computing system and to detect one or video pause conditions; and a conferencing manager to automatically pause distribution of the audio data to other participants of the conference when the one or more audio pause conditions are detected and automatically pause distribution of the video data to the other participants when the one or more video pause conditions are detected.

Embodiments include an audio analyzer to analyze audio data received from a user computing system operating as a participant in a conference managed by a conferencing application and to detect one or audio pause conditions; a video analyzer to analyze video data received from the user computing system and to detect one or video pause conditions; and a conferencing manager to automatically pause distribution of the audio data to other participants of the conference when the one or more audio pause conditions are detected and automatically pause distribution of the video data to the other participants when the one or more video pause conditions are detected.

Implementations relate to providing selectable content items in communications. In some implementations, a method includes determining that a user is or will be participating in a communication using a device, the communication including an exchange of information with one or more other users. The method determines a set of one or more content items to be presented on the device for selection by the user, the content items derived from stored content and being related to activity performed by the user using the device or one or more other devices, and where the activity is external to the communication. The method causes a presentation of the set of content items with the device for selection by the user, and causes at least one content item selected by the user to be sent in the communication to at least one of the other users.

A method for conducting a communications session comprising: displaying, by a client device, a communications interface including a first canvas, a second canvas, and a content browser, wherein: the first canvas is arranged to display a media stream, the second canvas is arranged to display a sequence of content items provided by a communications system, and the content browser is arranged to display identifiers for one or more document files that are associated with the communications session; detecting a first input that selects a document file from the content browser; in response to the first input, transmitting, from the client device to the communications system, an instruction to provide a new sequence of content items that corresponds to the document file; and displaying the new sequence of content items in the second canvas, wherein each content item in the new sequence is generated by converting a different portion of the document file from a document format to another format, wherein at least one of the document files identified in the content browser is associated with the communications session before the communications session is started, and the content browser is displayed during the communications session.

An electronic communication service, such as a question-and-answer service, is provided in which content contributions include post-level qualifiers to demonstrate, e.g., level of expertise in the subject matter of each contribution. User views of dialog content may be based on post-level qualifier content and/or the content contributor's association with the viewer or dialog initiator. The service can implement hierarchical association groups to enable overlapping dialog with shared and unique content.

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for managing a meeting session. In accordance with one example, there is provided a method of managing a meeting session on a server that manages the meeting session, the meeting session comprising one or more participant devices and a presenter device. The method comprises receiving one or more break request messages from the participant devices, and sending a break message to the participant devices, the break message causing a break notification to be displayed on a display of the participant devices.

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for managing a meeting session. In accordance with one example, there is provided a method of managing a meeting session on a server that manages the meeting session, the meeting session comprising one or more participant devices and a presenter device. The method comprises receiving one or more break request messages from the participant devices, and sending a break message to the participant devices, the break message causing a break notification to be displayed on a display of the participant devices.

Systems and methods provide managing of communication between a remote data object hosted by a remote resource and a group-based communication interface of a group-based communication system.