ShareIt: An Application Sharing System using Window Capturing and Multicast under Heterogeneous Window Systems

  • Jung, Jin-H. (Dept. of Computer Science / Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, KAIST, Taejon) ;
  • Park, Hyun, J. (Dept. of Computer Science / Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, KAIST, Taejon) ;
  • Yang, Hyun-S. (Dept. of Computer Science / Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, KAIST, Taejon)
  • Published : 1998.06.01

Abstract

Application sharing is the ability to use existing applications, such as Excel or MS-Word, during a group session without modification. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of an application sharing system, called ShareIt, which enable users to share arbitrary MS-Windows applications under the Win 3.1/95/NT and X window system, and evaluation of the system performance. To share an application, the image of the application window is captured and transmitted to other sites. With the use of the window capturing method, ShareIt allows any MS-Windows application to be shared regardless of not only the window systems but also the version-up of window systems.

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