1.3 Overview

When meeting remotely, it is useful to share the current view of a document so others can follow along with the document sharer. To share this view in real-time and allow attendees to follow along with the presenter as they move through the document, information regarding the presenter’s current view of the document needs to be shared between the presenter and attendees.

This protocol enables a protocol client to send requests to a protocol server allowing the client to join an in-progress document broadcast session, and to retrieve data about the state of a broadcast session on the protocol server.