Abstract: An apparatus and a non-transitory machine readable medium for facilitating a video communication session between correspondents. Each correspondent is associated with the apparatus having a graphical user interface (GUI). Video corresponding to at least one of the correspondents is displayed in a first partition, the video having characteristics. A plurality of applications executing concurrently during the video communication session are displayed in a second partition. GUI objects corresponding to the video communication session are displayed in a third partition. The second partition is dynamically resized to a size that depends on the characteristics of the video.

Abstract: A network apparatus in a collaboration system with a plurality of participants, the apparatus comprising a processing structure and a non-transitory machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instruction executable by the processing structure to cause the processing structure to at least: automatically discover a network server configured to distribute shared content among the plurality of participants; couple the apparatus to the network server; present content on a display coupled to the processing structure; select a portion of the display for sharing, the portion having the shared content; and automatically send the shared content to at least one of the plurality of participants.