SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING A COLLABORATIVE DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT
Described herein are systems and methods for enabling a collaborative remote desktop environment. The system includes a computing device and a first application instance that has an application state associated therewith. The first application instance includes, or is associated with, a current state component and application data/data files. The system further includes an application launcher that is used to instantiate a second application instance operating either on the same or on a different computing device. The second application instance similarly has an application state associated therewith and is associated with the application launcher. Upon receiving a request from the second user to interact with the first application instance, the application state and the application data/data files are communicated to the application launcher, and the application launcher instantiates the second application instance so that its state is substantially identical to that of the first application instance.
1 . A computing system architecture that enables a group of users to share information, comprising:
a first computing device associated with a first user, the first computing device having a first computing display;
a second computing device associated with a second user, the second computing device having a second computing display;
the first computing device and the second computing device each having a desktop logic,
the desktop logic is enabled to allow the first computing device to define a first group,
allow the second computing device to request to join the first group, and upon the second computing device joining the first group, the first computing device and the second computing device exchange indicators where each indicator uniquely identifies each computing device,
the first computing display presenting at least a first window that displays a first application in a first state, and the second computing display presenting at least a second window that displays a second application in a second state, each application is capable of sending and receiving information regarding a state of each window being displayed by its respective computing display; and
accepting, at the first computing device, information from the second computing device, the information comprising an area information, a layer information, and a window identification information for the second window.