A method, system and apparatus of controlling at least one application on an electronic device. Interfacing occurs between a context object and the at least one application. Context data is retrieved from the context object. At least one of the following further occurs: the context object is updated with new context data derived from interactions with the at least one application; the behaviour of the at least one application is modulated based on the context data; and at least one data field in the application is populated with the context data.

A video conference method, includes: during a conference, a first terminal operates a first application; performs first video processing on a video signal acquired by the first terminal and a video signal received from other terminals participating in the video conference, and displays the processed video signal; when the first terminal detects that one or more other applications on the first terminal are opened, the first terminal simultaneously operates the first application and other applications on the first terminal; and performs second video processing and third video processing on the video signal acquired by the first terminal, the video signal received from the other terminal participating in the video conference and an interface image(s) of the other applications on the first terminal, displays a video signal after the second video processing and transmits a video signal after the third video processing to the other terminal participating in the video conference.

A calling method for use in a terminal configured to communicate with a device, includes: establishing a data channel with the device for assisting a call, when the terminal is conducting the call with the device through a voice channel; and exchanging interaction information with the device through the data channel, the interaction information being configured to assist a first user of the terminal and a second user of the device in coordinating and interacting when conducting the call.

Systems and methods for providing capabilities to participants in a multiparty interaction are described, wherein the multiparty interaction is divided into a plurality of areas, and each area is provided with a different set of interaction capabilities. The interaction capabilities for a given area may be defined with respect to other participants within the given area, with respect to other participants outside of the given area, with respect to other participants in a specified area outside of the given area, and/or with respect to all other participants.

A transmission terminal transmits video data and display data of a screen shared with another transmission terminal to the other transmission terminal via a predetermined relay apparatus. The transmission terminal includes a storage unit that stores relay apparatus information of the relay apparatus to which the transmission terminal transmits the video data; a receive unit that receives the display data from an external input apparatus connected to the transmission terminal; and a transmitting unit that transmits the display data received by the receive unit to the relay apparatus indicated by the relay apparatus information stored in the storage unit.

An electronic meeting tool and method for communicating arbitrary media content from users at a meeting includes a node configuration adapted to operate a display node of a communications network, the display node being coupled to a first display. The node configuration is adapted to receive user selected arbitrary media content and to control display of the user selected arbitrary media content on the first display. A peripheral device adapted to communicate the user selected arbitrary media content via the communications network is a connection unit including a connector adapted to couple to a port of a processing device having a second display, a memory and an operating system, and a transmitter. A program is adapted to obtain user selected arbitrary media content, the program leaving a zero footprint on termination. The user may trigger a transfer of the user selected arbitrary media content to the transmitter.

An object of the present invention to provide a remote operating system and an information processing method which reduce a burden on a user's operation and suppress a user's erroneous operation. A remote operating system according to the present invention is a remote operating system which includes an operation target device and a remote operating device connected via a network, and in which a first controller causes a display signal interface to output a display signal for displaying a remote operating window corresponding to a selected window, and, when a cursor position is out of a movable area of a cursor, the second controller changes a position of the selected window and the cursor position such that the cursor position comes in the movable area of the cursor while maintaining a relative positional relationship between the position of the selected window and the cursor position.

There is provided mechanisms for sharing multimedia content. A method performed by a sharing device comprises acquiring at least one of a current multimedia content segment and a current state of a screen sharing application executed by the sharing device. The method comprises determining, before a future multimedia content segment is rendered at the sharing device, a candidate multimedia content segment for the future multimedia content segment of the screen sharing application, wherein the candidate multimedia content segment is based on at least one of the current multimedia content segment and the current state of the screen sharing application and is determined from a limited set of possible candidate multimedia content segments. The method comprises generating and encoding the candidate multimedia content segment. The method comprises sending the generated and encoded candidate multimedia content segment to a receiving device before the future multimedia content segment is rendered at the sharing device.

A system for integrating a telephone system and a computing system includes an interactive voice response (IVR) platform configured to: obtain a command based on an audio input from a user, determine a web application that corresponds to the command, determine a goal in the web application associated with the command, and obtain information indicating a shortest user interface path to the goal. The system includes a cobrowse client configured to receive a document object model (DOM) of a current state of the web application from a cobrowse session. The IVR platform is configured to, based on the DOM, determine a next user interface action along the shortest user interface path and generate a voice prompt for the user based on the next user interface action. The cobrowse client is configured to receive an updated DOM in response to execution by the user of the next user interface action.

In one embodiment, a device including a communication interface to receive a notification during a collaboration event that there is at least one content item that has been offered for sharing during the collaboration event and a processor to generate a user interface screen for output, to a display device, during the collaboration event, the user interface screen including a pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item that has been offered for sharing and at least one participant representation. Related apparatus and methods are also described.