User interface with a hierarchical presentation of selection options for selecting a sharing mode of a video conference

1. A user interface of a video conference system for facilitating a video conference session between a sharing participant and other participants, said user interface comprising: an on-screen display having a plurality of selection areas associated with a plurality of sharing modes for use during the video conference session, a first of the selection areas allowing the sharing participant to share an entire screen of an endpoint of the video conference system with the other participants in the video conference session, and a second of the selection areas comprising a hierarchical arrangement of selection options associated with at least two of the sharing modes, a first of the at least two sharing modes allowing the sharing participant to share either all active windows of a first application or all active windows of a second application with the other participants in the video conference session, and a second of the at least two sharing modes allowing the sharing participant to share only selected windows of the first or second application with the other participants in the video conference session, wherein selection options allowing the sharing participant to share only the selected windows of the first application are displayed in a first group on the user interface, the first group corresponding to the first application, and wherein selection options allowing the sharing participant to share only the selected windows of the second application are displayed in a second group on the user interface, the second group corresponding to the second application.

2. The user interface of claim 1 , wherein the hierarchical arrangement of selection options is presented in a single view of the on-screen display.

3. A user interface of a video conference system for facilitating a video conference session between a sharing participant and other participants, said user interface comprising: an on-screen display having a plurality of selection areas associated with a plurality of sharing modes for use during the video conference session, a first of the selection areas allowing a sharing participant to switch between screens shared with other participants in the video conference session, and a second of the selection areas comprising a hierarchical arrangement of selection options associated with at least two of the sharing modes, a first of the at least two sharing modes allowing the sharing participant to share with the other participants in the video conference session either all active windows of an application within a first screen of an endpoint of the video conference system or all active windows of the application within a second screen of the endpoint of the video conference system, and a second of the at least two sharing modes allowing the sharing participant to share with the other participants in the video conference session only selected windows of the application within the first or second screen, wherein selection options allowing the sharing participant to share only selected windows of the application within the first screen are displayed in a first group on the user interface, the first group corresponding to the first screen, and wherein selection options allowing the sharing participant to share only selected windows of the application within the second screen are displayed in a second group on the user interface, the second group corresponding to the second screen.

4. The user interface of claim 3 , wherein the hierarchical arrangement of selection options is presented in a single view of the on-screen display.

5. A method for executing a video conference session, said method comprising:

displaying, on a first screen of an endpoint of a video conference system, a selection interface that comprises a hierarchical arrangement of selection options for sharing content in accordance with one or more of an application sharing mode or a window sharing mode, wherein selection options for sharing only individual windows of a first application are displayed in a first group that corresponds to the first application and selection options for sharing only individual windows of a second application are displayed in a second group that corresponds to the second application; and

responsive to a sharing participant's selection of one of the selection options, sharing with other participants of the video conference session one or more screen objects displayed on the first screen of the endpoint of the video conference system, said screen objects corresponding to elements designated by the selection option selected by the sharing participant.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the selection interface further includes a selection option for sharing an entirety of the first screen, and, responsive to the sharing participant's selection of the selection option for sharing the entirety of the first screen, sharing with the other participants of the video conference session all screen objects displayed on the first screen.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the hierarchical arrangement of selection options is arranged on an application-by-application basis, and, responsive to the sharing participant's selection of a selection option for sharing content of the first application, sharing with the other participants of the video conference session all screen objects of the first application.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the hierarchical arrangement of selection options is arranged on an application-by-application basis, and, responsive to the sharing participant's selection of a selection option for sharing content of a window of the first application, sharing with the other participants of the video conference session only the window of the first application.

9. The method of claim 5 , further comprising displaying one or more tool tips associated with the selection options responsive to a cursor hovering over corresponding ones of the selection options.

10. The method of claim 5 , further comprising displaying one or more previews associated with the selection options responsive to a cursor hovering over corresponding ones of the selection options.

11. The method of claim 5 , wherein the hierarchical arrangement of selection options is presented in a single view of the first screen.

12. A method for executing a video conference session, said method comprising:

displaying, on a first screen of an endpoint of a video conference system, a selection interface that comprises a hierarchical arrangement of selection options for sharing content in accordance with one or more of an screen sharing mode or a window sharing mode, wherein selection options for sharing only individual windows of the first screen are displayed in a first group that corresponds to the first screen and selection options for sharing only individual windows of a second screen are displayed in a second group that corresponds to the second screen; and

responsive to a sharing participant's selection of one of the selection options, sharing with other participants of the video conference session one or more screen objects displayed on the first screen of the endpoint of the video conference system, said screen objects corresponding to elements designated by the selection option selected by the sharing participant.

13. The method of claim 5 , wherein the hierarchical arrangement of selection options is arranged on a screen-by-screen basis, and, responsive to the sharing participant's selection of a selection option for an application associated with the first screen, sharing with the other participants of the video conference session all screen objects of the application displayed on the first screen.