REMOTE ACTIVE WINDOW SENSING AND REPORTING FEATURE

• US 20120284665A1
• Filed: 07/17/2012
• Published: 11/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: BATOT, Fronz F., JOHNSON, Randy S., NORTHWAY, Tedrick N., HOLLEY, Adam R., SMALLOWITZ, Howard N.
• Granted Patent: US 8,918,527 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/802
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• 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

Abstract

A system and method is provided for remote active window sensing of a display in a computing device and reporting of the same. The system includes a tool including a remote monitoring and reporting component configured to monitor active windows of one or more remote devices and provide a report to a presenter as to whether the active windows of the one or more remote devices are for a presentation of the presenter.

Claims

1. A tool comprising:

a remote monitoring and reporting component to;

determine whether active windows of one or more remote devices are for a presentation of a presenter;

provide a report to the presenter as to whether the active windows of the one or more remote devices are for the presentation of the presenter; and

provide each of the one or more remote devices with;

a selection to disable the determining of whether the active windows of the one or more remote devices are for the presentation of the presenter, and to receive the presentation with the determining disabled; and

a selection to disable the providing of the report to the presenter as to whether the active windows of the one or more remote devices are for the presentation of the presenter, and to receive the presentation with the providing disabled.

2. The tool of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component allows the presenter with a selection to disable the monitoring and reporting component and a selection to send the presentation with the monitoring and reporting component disabled.

3. The tool of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component requests information from the one or more remote devices as to whether the active windows are for the presentation.

4. The tool of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component receives a status of a first active window displayed by a first remote device of the one or more remote devices from an agent at the first remote device.

5. The tool of claim 4, wherein the status identifies the first remote device and indicates whether a first presentation window is active on the first remote device.

6. The tool of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component is provided on a computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the storage medium.

7. The tool of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component generates a reporting screen indicating a status of the active windows of the one or more remote devices.

8. The tool of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component is activated with a collaboration tool.

9. The tool of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component is integrated into a collaboration tool.

10. The tool of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component is used over the Internet.

11. The tool of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component provides selections for the presenter and the one or more remote devices.

12. The tool of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component is operable to receive a confirmation from each of the one or more remote devices of an opt in or opt out selection selected by each of the one or more remote devices.

13. A method for deploying a monitoring and reporting component, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure to;

determine whether active windows on one or more remote devices are for a presentation of a presenter on a computing device;

generate a report of whether the active windows are for the presentation;

provide the report to the presenter; and

provide permissions to each of the one or more remote devices to provide each of the one or more remote devices with;

a selection to disable the determining of whether the active windows are for the presentation, and to receive the presentation with the determining disabled; and

a selection to disable the generating and the providing of the report to the presenter, and to receive the presentation with the generating and the providing disabled.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein a service provider requests an active window status, receives the active window status and generates the report and sends the report to the presenter.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising implementing a collaboration tool with the request of the active window status.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the computer infrastructure provides the report of a status of the active windows to the presenter.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the computer infrastructure receives information from an agent residing on the one or more remote devices as to whether the active windows are for the presentation.

18. A computer program product for monitoring active window status on a remote device and generating a report of the active window status, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage memory including;

first program instructions to request active window status of one or more remote devices which have enabled a monitoring and reporting function requested by a presenter of material;

second program instructions to generate a report to the presenter as to whether active windows of the one or more remote devices are for a presentation of the presenter;

third program instructions to provide the report to the presenter in a reporting screen;

fourth program instructions to provide the presenter with a selection to enable or disable the monitoring and reporting;

fifth program instructions to provide permissions to each of the one or more remote devices to provide each of the one or more remote devices with;

a selection to disable monitoring of a respective active window of the one or more remote devices and to receive the presentation with the monitoring disabled; and

a selection to disable the generating and the providing of the report to the presenter as to whether the active windows of the one or more remote devices are for the presentation of the presenter, and to receive the presentation with the generating and the providing disabled; and

sixth program instructions to provide, from the presenter to the one or more remote devices, a request to display the presentation in the active windows based on the report provided to the presenter,

wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth program instructions are stored in a computer system for execution by a central processing unit.