Whiteboard viewport synchronization based on triggers associated with conference participants

1 . A method, comprising:

identifying a first conference participant of a conference that includes a whiteboard, wherein identifying the first conference participant comprises:

identifying contemporaneous triggers associated with multiple follow-along participants; and

resolving the contemporaneous triggers to select one follow-along participant using rules including that (i) determine an ordering of follow-along participants set for a second conference participant and (ii) use an area-of-interest of the second conference participant as a tie breaker;

identifying a first viewport into the whiteboard, wherein the first viewport is displayed at a device of the first conference participant; and

configuring a second viewport based on the first viewport, wherein the second viewport is displayed at a device of the second conference participant.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first conference participant is identified based on speech in an audio stream received from the device of the first conference participant.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first conference participant is identified based on an edit to the whiteboard received from the device of the first conference participant.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first conference participant is identified based on a request to configure the first conference participant as a follow-along participant.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first conference participant is identified based on a trigger associated with the first conference participant.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, based on an audio stream received from a device of a third conference participant, that the third conference participant is speaking; and

determining whether to configure the second viewport to be based on a third viewport corresponding to the third conference participant and based on whether the third conference participant is configured as a follow-along participant.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first conference participant of a conference comprises:

receiving, a command from a device of a third participant indicating that the first conference participant is a follow-along participant for the second conference participant.

8 . A device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor, the processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:

identify a first conference participant of a conference that includes a whiteboard, wherein to identify the first conference participant comprises instructions to:

identify contemporaneous triggers associated with multiple follow-along participants; and

resolve the contemporaneous triggers to select one follow-along participant using rules including that (i) determine an ordering of follow-along participants set for a second conference participant and (ii) use an area-of-interest of the second conference participant as a tie breaker;

identify a first viewport into the whiteboard, wherein the first viewport is displayed at a device of the first conference participant; and

configure a second viewport based on the first viewport, wherein the second viewport is displayed at a device of a second conference participant.

9 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:

identify, based on an audio stream received from a device of a third conference participant, that the third conference participant is speaking; and

responsive to identifying that the third conference participant is speaking, configure the second viewport based on a third viewport into the whiteboard that is displayed at the device of the third conference participant.

10 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions to identify the first conference participant of the conference that includes the whiteboard comprise instructions to:

identify a first trigger associated with the first conference participant;

identify a second trigger associated with a third conference participant; and

identify the first conference participant based on conflict resolution.

11 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:

identify, based on an audio stream received from a device of a third conference participant, that the third conference participant is speaking; and

determine whether to configure the second viewport to be based on a third viewport corresponding to the third conference participant.

12 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:

receive, a command from the device of the first conference participant indicating that the first conference participant is a follow-along participant for the second conference participant.

13 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the first conference participant is identified based on a selection received from the second conference participant indicating that the first conference participant is a follow-along participant.

14 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the first conference participant is identified based on speech in an audio stream received from the device of the first conference participant.

15 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

identifying a first conference participant of a conference that includes a whiteboard, wherein identifying the first conference participant comprises:

identifying contemporaneous triggers associated with multiple follow-along participants; and

resolving the contemporaneous triggers to select one follow-along participant using rules including that (i) determine an ordering of follow-along participants set for a second conference participant and (ii) use an area-of-interest of the second conference participant as a tie breaker;

identifying a first viewport into the whiteboard, wherein the first viewport is displayed at a device of the first conference participant; and

configuring a second viewport based on the first viewport, wherein the second viewport is displayed at a device of a second conference participant.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein operations further comprise:

identifying, based on an audio stream received from a device of a third conference participant, that the third conference participant is speaking; and

responsive to identifying that the third conference participant is speaking, configuring the second viewport based on a third viewport into the whiteboard that is displayed at the device of the third conference participant.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein identifying the first conference participant of the conference that includes the whiteboard comprise:

identifying a first trigger associated with the first conference participant;

identifying a second trigger associated with a third conference participant; and

identifying the first conference participant based on a conflict resolution.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying, based on an audio stream received from a device of a third conference participant, that the third conference participant is speaking; and

determining whether to configure the second viewport based on a determination whether the third conference participant is configured as a follow-along participant.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a command indicating that the first conference participant is a follow-along participant.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first conference participant is identified based on a selection received from the second conference participant indicating that the first conference participant is a follow-along participant.