DISCRIMINATING AMONG RESOURCES TO SHARE

• US 20110252366A1
• Filed: 04/08/2010
• Published: 10/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Balasubramanian, Swaminathan, O'Connell, Brian M., Bansal, Ravi P., Walker, Keith R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,549,413 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/809
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

An activity tracker defines a context for a screen sharing session, wherein the context includes at least one term of metadata. The activity tracker establishes a shared link to a second computer, comprising authenticating the second computer. The activity tracker shares at least a first resource rendered by a first application, wherein the first application renders data of the first resource. The activity tracker receives a preliminary user input to access a second resource, wherein the preliminary user input to access is a command to render a resource. The activity tracker or sharing controller renders the second resource to form a rendered second resource, wherein a computer environment comprises the first resource and the second resource. The activity tracker determines that the second resource fails to satisfy the context.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for selecting a resource to share in a screen sharing session, the method comprising:

defining a context for a screen sharing session, wherein the context includes at least one term of metadata;

establishing a shared link to a second computer, comprising authenticating the second computer;

sharing at least a first resource rendered by a first application, wherein the first application renders data of the first resource;

receiving a preliminary user input to access a second resource, wherein the preliminary user input to access is a command to render a resource;

rendering the second resource to form a rendered second resource, wherein a computer environment comprises the first resource and the second resource;

determining that the second resource fails to satisfy the context;

responsive to a determination that the second resource fails to satisfy the context, displaying a dialog box, wherein the dialog box prompts the user for a decision whether to share the second resource to the second computer;

receiving a user input to control the data of the second resource; and

sharing the first resource and the second resource based on the user input.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, sharing the first resource and the second resource based on the user input comprises rendering the second shared resource to a peer computer, wherein the user input to control the data is a request to share the second resource.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that a teleconference is occurring;

receiving updates to the first resource; and

responsive to a determination that the teleconference is occurring, rendering updates to the screen sharing session.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that a teleconference has terminated; and

responsive to a determination that the teleconference has terminated, terminating rendering updates to the screen sharing session.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second resource has at least one term of metadata, the metadata selected from the group consisting of a tag, keyword, file name, and file title.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein rendering the second resource to form a rendered second resource comprises privately rendering to a display local with respect to the preliminary user input.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein sharing comprises transmitting rendering data of the resource.

8. A computer program product for selecting a resource to share in a screen sharing session, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to define a context for a screen sharing session, wherein the context includes at least one term of metadata;

computer readable program code configured to establish a shared link to a second computer, comprising authenticating the second computer;

computer readable program code configured to share at least a first resource rendered by a first application, wherein the first application renders data of the first resource;

computer readable program code configured to receive a preliminary user input to access a second resource, wherein the preliminary user input to access is a command to render a resource;

computer readable program code configured to render the second resource to form a rendered second resource, wherein a computer environment comprises the first resource and the second resource;

computer readable program code configured to determine that the second resource fails to satisfy the context;

computer readable program code configured to display a dialog box, wherein the dialog box prompts the user for a decision whether to share the second resource to the second computer, responsive to a determination that the second resource fails to satisfy the context;

computer readable program code configured to receive a user input to control the data of the second resource; and

computer readable program code configured to share the first resource and the second resource based on the user input.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein computer readable program code configured to share the first resource and the second resource based on the user input comprises computer readable program code configured to render the second shared resource to a peer computer, wherein the user input to control the data is a request to share the second resource.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to determine that a teleconference is occurring;

computer readable program code configured to receive updates to the first resource; and

computer readable program code configured to render updates to the screen sharing session, responsive to a determination that the teleconference is occurring.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to determine that a teleconference has terminated; and

computer readable program code configured to terminate rendering updates to the screen sharing session, responsive to a determination that the teleconference has terminated.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the second resource has at least one term of metadata, the metadata selected from the group consisting of a tag, keyword, file name, and file title.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein computer readable code configured to render the second resource to form a rendered second resource comprises computer readable code configured to privately render to a display local with respect to the preliminary user input.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein computer readable program code configured to share comprises computer readable program code configured to transmit rendering data of the resource.

15. A data processing system for selecting a resource to share in a screen sharing session, the data processing system comprising:

a processor, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media;

first program instructions to define a context for a screen sharing session, wherein the context includes at least one term of metadata;

second program instructions to establish a shared link to a second computer, comprising authenticating the second computer;

third program instructions to share at least a first resource rendered by a first application, wherein the first application renders data of the first resource;

fourth program instructions to receive a preliminary user input to access a second resource, wherein the preliminary user input to access is a command to render a resource;

fifth program instructions to render the second resource to form a rendered second resource, wherein a computer environment comprises the first resource and the second resource;

sixth program instructions to determine that the second resource fails to satisfy the context;

seventh program instructions to display a dialog box, wherein the dialog box prompts the user for a decision whether to share the second resource to the second computer, responsive to a determination that the second resource fails to satisfy the context;

eighth program instructions to receive a user input to control the data of the second resource; and

ninth program instructions to share the first resource and the second resource based on the user input.

16. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein ninth program instructions to share the first resource and the second resource based on the user input comprises program instructions to render the second shared resource to a peer computer, wherein the user input to control the data is a request to share the second resource.

17. The data processing system of claim 15, further comprising:

tenth program instructions to determine that a teleconference is occurring;

eleventh program instructions to receive updates to the first resource; and

twelfth program instructions to render updates to the screen sharing session, responsive to a determination that the teleconference is occurring.

18. The data processing system of claim 15, further comprising:

tenth program instructions to determine that a teleconference has terminated; and

eleventh program instructions to terminate rendering updates to the screen sharing session, responsive to a determination that the teleconference has terminated.

19. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the second resource has at least one term of metadata, the metadata selected from the group consisting of a tag, keyword, file name, and file title.

20. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein fifth program instructions to render the second resource to form a rendered second resource comprises program instructions to privately render to a display local with respect to the preliminary user input.