Systems and Methods for Project Collaboration in a Cloud Computing Environment

• US 20130218978A1
• Filed: 02/19/2013
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: InviCRO LLC (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Numira Biosciences, Inc.
• Inventors: Weinstein, David, Martin, William, Shah, Neha, Stinstra, Jeroen
• Application Number:
  US13/771,009
• Publication Number:
  US 20130218978A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/401 wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
• 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

Abstract

A method for project collaboration includes: at a computer system, hosting a collaboration software application and a plurality of data sets associated with the collaboration software application; establishing a first remote user session between the computer system and a first client device running on a first operating system; wherein the first client device is associated with a first user; establishing a second remote user session between the computer system and a second client device running on a second operation system, distinct from the first operating system; wherein the second client device is associated with a second user distinct from the first user; merging the first remote user session and the second remote user session into a single remote user session; and enabling, using the single remote user session, the first user and the second user to concurrently control the collaboration software application and the plurality of data sets.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at a computer system,

hosting a collaboration software application and a plurality of data sets associated with the collaboration software application;

establishing a first remote user session between the computer system and a first client device running on a first operating system;

wherein the first client device is associated with a first user;

establishing a second remote user session between the computer system and a second client device running on a second operation system, distinct from the first operating system;

wherein the second client device is associated with a second user distinct from the first user;

merging the first remote user session and the second remote user session into a single remote user session; and

enabling, using the single remote user session, the first user and the second user to concurrently control the collaboration software application and the plurality of data sets.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the collaboration software application comprises a whiteboard application, and the plurality of data sets includes one of:

audio files, video files, image files, 3D images, charts, tables, or data grids.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of data sets comprises histology data sets.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

preparing for concurrent display from a plurality of angles, a three-dimensional object represented in a three-dimensional image.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

adjusting a display of the three dimensional object from a first angle in the plurality of angles, without user intervention, in accordance with a change to a display of the three dimensional object from a second angle in the plurality of angles.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

preparing for display, in the collaboration application, status indicators for the first and second users.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling the first and second users to concurrently access a plurality of projects using the collaboration software application.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

preparing for display a representation of a count of users having access to a project in the plurality of projects.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

preparing for concurrent display a data set in the plurality of data sets in a first visual representation, and a second visual representation distinct from the first visual representation.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first visual representation is a grid view, and the second visual representation is a chart view.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recording access history for a respective user in the first or second user.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an update to the plurality of data sets, and in response to the update, preparing for display, to the first and second users, a second plurality of data sets in accordance with the first plurality of data sets and the update.

13. A computer system comprising:

one or more processing units;

one or more programs including instructions, configured to be executed by the one or more processing units, for;

hosting a collaboration software application and a plurality of data sets associated with the collaboration software application;

establishing a first remote user session between the computer system and a first client device running on a first operating system;

wherein the first client device is associated with a first user;

establishing a second remote user session between the computer system and a second client device running on a second operation system, distinct from the first operating system;

wherein the second client device is associated with a second user distinct from the first user;

merging the first remote user session and the second remote user session into a single remote user session; and

enabling, using the single remote user session, the first user and the second user to simultaneously control the collaboration software application and the plurality of data sets.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the collaboration software application comprises a whiteboard application, and the plurality of data sets includes one of:

audio files, video files, image files, 3D images, charts, tables, or data grids.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of data sets comprises histology data sets.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

preparing for concurrent display from a plurality of angles, a three dimensional object represented in a three-dimensional image.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

automatically adjusting a display of the three dimensional object from a first angle in the plurality of angles, without user intervention, in accordance with a change to a display of the three dimensional object from a second angle in the plurality of angles.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

preparing for display, in the collaboration application, status indicators for the first and second users.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

enabling the first and second users to concurrently access a plurality of projects using the collaboration application.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

preparing for display a representation of a count of users having access to a project in the plurality of projects.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

preparing for concurrent display a data set in the plurality of data sets in a first visual representation, and a second visual representation distinct from the first visual representation.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the first visual representation is a grid view, and the second visual representation is a chart view.

23. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

recording access history for a respective user in the first or second user.

24. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

obtaining an update to the plurality of data sets, and in response to the update, preparing for display, to the first and second users, a second plurality of data sets in accordance with the first plurality of data sets and the update.

25. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, configured to be executed by a computer system with one or more processors, for:

hosting a collaboration software application and a plurality of data sets associated with the collaboration application;

establishing a first remote user session between the computer system and a first client device running on a first operating system;

wherein the first client device is associated with a first user;

establishing a second remote user session between the computer system and a second client device running on a second operation system, distinct from the first operating system;

wherein the second client device is associated with a second user distinct from the first user;

merging the first remote user session and the second remote user session into a single remote user session; and

enabling, using the single remote user session, the first user and the second user to concurrently control the collaboration software application and the plurality of data sets.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the collaboration software application comprises a whiteboard application, and the plurality of data sets includes one of:

audio files, video files, image files, 3D images, charts, tables, or data grids.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the plurality of data sets comprises histology data sets.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 26, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

preparing for concurrent display from a plurality of angles, a three-dimensional object represented in a three-dimensional image.

29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

automatically adjusting a display of the three dimensional object from a first angle in the plurality of angles, without user intervention, in accordance with a change to a display of the 3D object from a second angle in the plurality of angles.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

preparing for display, in the collaboration application, status indicators for the first and second users.

31. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

enabling the first and second users to concurrently access a plurality of projects using the collaboration application.

32. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

preparing for display a representation of a count of users having access to a project in the plurality of projects.

33. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

preparing for concurrent display a data set in the plurality of data sets in a first visual representation, and a second visual representation distinct from the first visual representation.

34. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 33, wherein the first visual representation is a grid view, and the second visual representation is a chart view.

35. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

recording access history for a respective user in the first or second user.

36. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for:

obtaining an update to the plurality of data sets, and in response to the update, preparing for display, to the first and second users, a second plurality of data sets in accordance with the first plurality of data sets and the update.