Claiming data from a virtual whiteboard

• US 10,073,963 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2016
• Issued: 09/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Tse, David, Stott, Nathaniel, Reisman, Jason Lowell, Albrecht, Brian T., Pohle, Matthew C., Ng, Isaiah
• Primary Examiner(s): Armouche, Hadi S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Doan, Huan V
• Application Number:
  US15/270,288
• Publication Number:
  US 20170011227A1
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/33 based only on signature image, e.g. static signature recognition

Abstract

A method of storing data from a whiteboard application executed on a computing system including an interactive display device is provided. The method comprises storing, in a memory of the computing system, whiteboard data input to the whiteboard application in response to user interaction with the interactive display device, displaying a login selector on the interactive display device, upon detecting actuation of the login selector, identifying the user based on credentials of the user; and in response to identifying the user, (i) retrieving previews of stored whiteboard files from a user account in a cloud-based storage system corresponding to the identity of the user, (ii) displaying the previews on the interactive display device, and (iii) uploading the whiteboard data as a whiteboard file from the memory of the computing system to the user account.

Claims

1. A method of storing data from a whiteboard application executed on a computing system including an interactive display device, the method comprising:

in an initial session on the interactive display device;

associating whiteboard data with a first user, the whiteboard data input to the whiteboard application responsive to interaction of the first user with the interactive display device, the first user being determined to be authorized to access the whiteboard data;

detecting a privacy keyword inputted by the first user via handwriting recognition on the interactive display device;

assigning a privacy level to the whiteboard data associated with the first user based on the privacy keyword;

uploading the whiteboard data as a whiteboard file from a memory of the computing system to the first user account;

in a subsequent session on the interactive display device;

detecting actuation of a first login selector by the first user;

determining that the first user is authorized to access the whiteboard data based on the credentials of the first user and the privacy level of the whiteboard data;

in response to determining that the first user is authorized to access the whiteboard data,

(i) retrieving previews of stored whiteboard files from a first user account in a cloud-based storage system corresponding to the identity of the first user; and

(ii) displaying the previews on the interactive display device;

detecting actuation of a second login selector by a second user;

determining credentials of the second user to identify the second user in response to detecting actuation of the second login selector;

determining that the second user is not authorized to access the whiteboard data associated with the first user based on the privacy level and the credentials of the second user; and

in response to determining that the second user is not authorized to access the whiteboard data, restricting the second user'"'"'s access to the whiteboard data associated with the first user by removing the previews from the interactive display device, wherein the previews are removed from the interactive display device when both the first user and the second user are lowed into the whiteboard application.

2. The method of claim 1, where the credentials of the second user include biometric data.

3. The method of claim 2, where the biometric data includes facial image recognition data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising, subsequent to identifying the second user, displaying a plurality of previews of authorized whiteboard data associated with the second user.

5. The method of claim 1, where detecting the privacy keyword includes detecting an ink input implemented via a stylus or a digit of the first user interacting with the interactive display device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a warning message when the second user is restricted from accessing the whiteboard data.

7. A computing system comprising:

an interactive touch sensitive display device;

code stored in memory executable by a processor to;

in an initial session on the interactive display device;

associate whiteboard data with a first user, the whiteboard data input to the whiteboard application responsive to interaction of the first user with the interactive display device, the first user being determined to be authorized to access the whiteboard data;

detect a privacy keyword inputted by the first user via handwriting recognition on the interactive display device;

assign a privacy level to the whiteboard data associated with the first user based on the privacy keyword;

upload the whiteboard data as a whiteboard file from a memory of the computing system to the first user account;

in a subsequent session on the interactive display device;

detect actuation of a first login selector by the first user;

determine that the first user is authorized to access the whiteboard data based on the credentials of the first user and the privacy level of the whiteboard data;

in response to determining that the first user is authorized to access the whiteboard data,

(i) retrieve previews of stored whiteboard files from a first user account in a cloud-based storage system corresponding to the identity of the first user; and

(ii) display the previews on the interactive display device;

detect actuation of a second login selector by a second user;

identify the second user based on credentials of the second user in response to detecting actuation of the second login selector;

determine that the second user is not authorized to access the whiteboard data associated with the first user based on the privacy level and the credentials of the second user; and

in response to determining that the second user is not authorized to access the whiteboard data, restrict the second user'"'"'s access to the whiteboard data associated with the first user by removing the previews from the interactive display device, wherein the previews are removed from the interactive display device when both the first user and the second user are lowed into the whiteboard application.

8. The computing system of claim 7, where the credentials of the second user include biometric data.

9. The computing system of claim 8, where the biometric data includes facial image recognition data.

10. The computing system of claim 7, further comprising code stored in memory executable by the processor to, subsequent to identifying the second user, display a plurality of previews of authorized whiteboard data associated with the second user.

11. The computing system of claim 7, where detecting of the privacy keyword includes detecting an ink input implemented via a stylus or a digit of the first user interacting with the interactive display device.