REAL-TIME CONTENT SHARING BETWEEN BROWSERS

摘要

Techniques are provided for selectively broadcasting information from a sender's computer to one or more recipient computers in real-time. A user connects to a networked content server and browses selected content items which are determined to be of interest to other collaborators. The user activates a content sharing mode and indicates which content is to be shared. A reference to the shared content is sent to the server which in turn pushes the referenced content to identified content recipients. Content recipients can be identified based on a variety of factors, such as by subscription to a listening channel opened by the content sender, by individual selection by the content sender, and/or by geolocation. The shared content can be automatically displayed to each identified content recipient non-intrusively. Content can be pushed to the content recipients via a persistent open communication channel established between the content server and content recipients.

主权项

1. A method for content sharing that comprises:
establishing first and second open communication channels between a content server and respective first and second client computing devices; in response to a user interaction detected at the first client computing device, receiving, at the content server via the first open communication channel, data corresponding to shared content that is to be broadcast to the second client computing device; and broadcasting the shared content from the content server to the second client computing device via the second open communication channel, wherein broadcasting causes the shared content to be displayed at the second client computing device without user interaction with the second client computing device.