COORDINATED VIDEO-PHONE OVERLAY ON TOP OF PC DESKTOP DISPLAY

摘要

Disclosed is a system and method for rendering a video from a video phone system to a monitor associated with a computing device such a PC. A chroma-key color is utilized to define a video window in the monitor and the video phone system will overlay video content in the window. A mouse pointer will continue to be visible even when it is in the video overlay location and continue to be able to manipulate and control content in the monitor, including the video layout.

主权项

1. A method for providing content from an intermediate system to one of one or more monitors associated with a computing device, wherein the computing device is operably linked to the intermediate system and the intermediate system is operably linked to one of the one or more monitors, the method comprising:
by the control application, opening a window of the specific size on the desktop of the computing device, wherein the opened window is filled with a defined color; by the control application, sending size, location on the desktop and chroma-key information of the opened window to the intermediate system; by the intermediate system, overlaying content on top of the location on the desktop sent by the control application; and by the control application, sending updated size and location information of the opened window to the intermediate system.