SEAMLESS MOVEMENT BETWEEN PHONE AND PC WITH REGARD TO APPLICATIONS, DISPLAY, INFORMATION TRANSFER OR SWAPPING ACTIVE DEVICE

• US 20120136917A1
• Filed: 08/17/2010
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Abramson, Sandra, Balasaygun, Mehmet C., Buford, John, Frissora, Anthony, Killian, Michael J., Sinha, Raj
• Granted Patent: US 9,237,200 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/02 Topology update or discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/586 of virtual routers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0057 Services where the data services network provides a telephone service in addition or as an alternative, e.g. for backup purposes, to the telephone service provided by the telephone services network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

It would be beneficial to allow one or more of information, applications, desktops, and in general any information to be shared between a computer and a communications device. For example, it would be useful to be able to move a presentation from a computer to a mobile communications device. Some solutions attempt to address this by requiring a user to load the information on a laptop, USB key, burn it to an optical disk or the like, and then “open” the information on another device located at the remote destination. In one embodiment, through the use of one or more of virtualization and content translation, any information and/or applications can be exchanged between a computer and a communications device. More specifically, one embodiment utilizes metadata in conjunction with a virtualization environment to allow the exchange of information and/or applications between a personal computer and a communications device, or vice versa.

Claims

1. A method for exchanging information between a computing device and a communications device comprising:

detecting a request for sharing of one or more of information, applications and data;

advertising a desktop sharing service;

discovering another desktop sharing service;

attaching to a remote desktop, the remote desktop being provided as an extension to the communication device'"'"'s desktop or the computing device'"'"'s desktop; and

sharing one or more of the information, applications and data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing one or more of a translation and conversion based on metadata.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling drag-and-drop capabilities from the computing device to the communications device or from the communications device to the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a desktop sharing service between the computing device and the communications device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising downloading an appliance based on metadata.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the appliance is automatically downloaded.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising managing by a hypervisor one or more containers, and one or more of starting or stopping of an appliance, connections and mapping to physical resources.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the communications device is one or more of a wired or wireless phone, a desktop phone and a smart phone.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining one or more licenses for an appliance.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage media that includes computer executable instructions that when executed by a computer perform the steps of claim 1.

11. One or more means for performing the steps of claim 1.

12. A system to exchange information between a computing device and a communications device comprising:

an operating system that detects a request for sharing of one or more of information, applications and data;

a desktop sharing service that advertises a desktop sharing service and discovers another desktop sharing service, wherein the desktop sharing service attaches to a remote desktop, the remote desktop being provided as an extension to the communication device'"'"'s desktop or the computing device'"'"'s desktop and allowing sharing one or more of the information, applications and data.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the operating system performs one or more of a translation and conversion based on metadata.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the desktop sharing service enables drag-and-drop capabilities from the computing device to the communications device or from the communications device to the computing device.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the desktop sharing service between the computing device and the communications device allows for one or more of moving and copying of the one or more of information, applications and data.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein an appliance is downloaded based on metadata.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the appliance is automatically downloaded.

18. The system of claim 12, further comprising a hypervisor that manages one or more containers, and one or more of starting or stopping of an appliance, connections and mapping to physical resources.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the communications device is one or more of a wired or wireless phone, a desktop phone and a smart phone.

20. The system of claim 12, further comprising processor that obtains one or more licenses for an appliance.

21. A method for appliance discovery and validation comprising:

advertising and discovering one or more appliances in an appliance index;

selecting an appliance and creating a container using a hypervisor for the selected appliance;

downloading the selected appliance from an appliance repository to the container; and

configuring one or more of a virtual network, guest operating system and services.