US 11,817,963 B2
Streaming secondary device content to devices connected to a web conference
Zheng Yuan, San Jose, CA (US); and Hailei Sheng, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/538,713.
Application 17/538,713 is a continuation of application No. 14/577,833, filed on Dec. 19, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/920,698, filed on Dec. 24, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0094563 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 65/1059 (2022.01); H04L 65/1063 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/1822 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1059 (2013.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 65/1063 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
initiating, by a client application running on a primary device connected to a web conference, a detection of secondary devices that are potential sources of sharable content available for streaming on the web conference;
receiving, by the client application, an indication of one of the secondary devices to use for streaming content on the web conference; and
streaming, from the primary device without the secondary device connecting to the web conference, the content of the secondary device on the web conference to one or more other devices connected to the web conference via a wireless network between the secondary device and the primary device, wherein the secondary device is invisible to the one or more other devices.