REPLICATING RECORDED ACTIONS ACROSS COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT

• US 20110296303A1
• Filed: 05/25/2010
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Johnson, Morris Stanley JR., Vilme, Karline, Duquene, Joel, Meli, Henri F.
• Granted Patent: US 8,677,253 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/704
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70

Abstract

A first computer system in a collaborative environment receives a plurality of indications of actions executed on content of a second computer system in the collaborative environment. A mapping between the content of the second computer system and corresponding content of the first computer system is determined. A subset of the plurality of indications of the actions executed on the content of the second computer system that are to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system is identified. A preview of executing the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions is presented on the first computer system. The subset of the plurality of indications of the actions is executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a first computer system in a collaborative environment, a plurality of indications of actions executed on content of a second computer system in the collaborative environment;

determining, at the first computer system, a mapping between the content of the second computer system and corresponding content of the first computer system;

identifying, at the first computer system, a subset of the plurality of indications of the actions executed on the content of the second computer system that are to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system;

presenting, on the first computer system, a preview of executing the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions; and

executing, at the first computer system, the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions on the corresponding content of the first computer system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the first computer system, a recording of activity presented on a desktop of the second computer system that indicates at least executing the plurality of indications of the actions on the content of the second computer system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining the mapping between the content of the second computer system and the corresponding content of the first computer system further comprises:

determining a property associated with the content of the second computer system;

identifying the corresponding content of the first computer system based on the property associated with the content of the second computer system; and

associating a location of the content of the second computer system with a second location of the corresponding content of the first computer system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said identifying the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions executed on the content of the second computer system that are to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system further comprises at least one of:

determining the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system based on determining a time interval that comprises the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions, and

determining the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system based on determining a subset of the content of the second computer system with which the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions are associated.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a subset of a plurality of frames that constitute a recording of activity presented on a desktop of the second computer system and that correspond to the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions that are to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system, wherein the recording of the activity presented on the desktop of the second computer system indicates at least executing the plurality of indications of the actions on the content of the second computer system;

generating the preview of executing the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions from the identified subset of the plurality of frames that constitute the recording of activity presented on a desktop of the second computer system content stream and that correspond to the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions that are to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said executing the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions on the corresponding content of the first computer system further comprises:

generating a plurality of system calls associated with corresponding each of the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions; and

providing the plurality of system calls to an operating system of the first computer system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a first of the plurality of indications of the actions comprises a system call directed to an operating system of the second computer system for executing the first of the plurality of indications of the actions on the content of the second computer system.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recording, at the first computer system, a second plurality of indications of actions executed on a second content of the first computer system and activity presented on a desktop of the first computer system that indicates at least executing the second plurality of indications of the actions on the second content;

providing, to the second computer system, the recording of the activity presented on the desktop of the first computer system and at least a subset of the second plurality of indications of the actions.

9. A method comprising:

receiving, at a first client, a plurality of indications of actions for selecting a subset of files presented by a second client and a recording of activity presented on a desktop of the second client indicating at least executing the plurality of indications of the actions for selecting the subset of files presented by the second client;

determining, at the first client, that at least a subset of the plurality of indications of actions for selecting the subset of files presented by the second client are to be executed on corresponding files of the first client;

identifying, at the first client, the at least the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions that are to be executed on the corresponding files of the first client;

synchronizing the first client with the second client to determine the corresponding files of the first client that corresponds to the subset of files presented by the second client; and

executing, at the first client, the at least the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions to select the corresponding files of the first client.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

generating a preview of executing the at least the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions based, at least in part, on the recording of activity presented on the desktop of the second client and the at least the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions; and

presenting the preview on the first client.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said synchronizing the first client with the second client further comprises associating a location of the subset of files presented by the second client with a second location of the corresponding files of the first client.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the first client and the second client comprise a collaborative environment.

13. A computer program product for replicating recorded actions across computer systems in a collaborative environment, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to,

receive, at a first computer system in the collaborative environment, a plurality of indications of actions executed on content of a second computer system in the collaborative environment;

determine, at the first computer system, a mapping between the content of the second computer system and corresponding content of the first computer system;

identify, at the first computer system, a subset of the plurality of indications of the actions executed on the content of the second computer system that are to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system;

present, on the first computer system, a preview of executing the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions; and

execute, on the first computer system, the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions on the corresponding content of the first computer system.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer readable program code configured to determine the mapping between the content of the second computer system and the corresponding content of the first computer system further comprises the computer readable program code configured to:

determine a property associated with the content of the second computer system;

identify the corresponding content of the first computer system based on the property associated with the content of the second computer system; and

associate a location of the content of the second computer system with a second location of the corresponding content of the first computer system.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer readable program code configured to identify the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions executed on the content of the second computer system that are to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system further comprises at least one of:

the computer readable program code configured to determine the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system based on the computer readable program code determining a time interval that comprises the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions, and

the computer readable program code configured to determine the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system based on the computer readable program code determining a subset of the content of the second computer system with which the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions are associated.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer readable program code is further configured to:

identify a subset of a plurality of frames that constitute a recording of activity presented on a desktop of the second computer system and that correspond to the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions that are to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system, wherein the recording of the activity presented on the desktop of the second computer system indicates at least executing the plurality of indications of the actions on the content of the second computer system;

generate the preview of executing the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions from the identified subset of the plurality of frames that constitute the recording of activity presented on a desktop of the second computer system content stream and that correspond to the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions that are to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer readable program code configured to execute the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions on the corresponding content of the first computer system further comprises the computer readable program code configured to:

generate a plurality of system calls associated with corresponding each of the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions; and

provide the plurality of system calls to an operating system of the first computer system.

18. A system comprising:

a processor;

a network interface coupled with the processor, the network interface operable to receive a plurality of indications of actions executed on content of a second system in a collaborative environment that at least comprises the system and the second system; and

an action editing and replicating unit operable to, via the processor,

determine a mapping between the content of the second system and corresponding content of the system;

identify a subset of the plurality of indications of the actions executed on the content of the second system that are to be executed on the corresponding content of the system;

present, on the system, a preview of executing the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions; and

execute the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions on the corresponding content of the system

19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising:

a user input detection unit operable to;

record, at the system, a second plurality of indications of actions executed on a second content of the system; and

a content stream recorder operable to;

record, at the system, activity presented on a desktop of the system that indicates at least executing the second plurality of indications of the actions on the second content; and

provide, to the second system, the recording of the activity presented on the desktop of the system and at least a subset of the second plurality of indications of the actions.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the action editing and replicating unit, the user input detection unit, and the content stream recorder comprise computer readable storage media.