DEVICE-BASED DATA SHARING

• US 20150270980A1
• Filed: 03/20/2014
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lection, David B., Lyle, Ruthie D., Masselle, Eric L., Pagan, William G.
• Application Number:
  US14/220,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20150270980A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding

Abstract

According to some embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes joining a first device to a first group of one or more other devices. It is determined that a first set of filtering conditions is met by media contributed by the first device. A media control is applied, by a computer processor, to the contributed media to provide controlled media. The controlled media is a controlled version of the contributed media, and the media control application is performed automatically in response to the first set of filtering conditions for the contributed media being met. The controlled media is shared with the other devices in the first group, automatically in response to the first set of filtering conditions for the contributed media being met.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

joining a first device to a first group of one or more other devices;

determining that a first set of filtering conditions is met by media contributed by the first device;

applying, by a computer processor, a media control to the contributed media to provide controlled media, wherein the controlled media is a controlled version of the contributed media, and wherein the media control application is performed automatically in response to the first set of filtering conditions for the contributed media being met; and

sharing the controlled media with the other devices in the first group, automatically in response to the first set of filtering conditions for the contributed media being met.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the media control to the contributed media to provide the controlled media comprises applying to the contributed media at least one of blurring, watermarking, cropping, adding noise, and reducing resolution.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the media control to the contributed media to provide the controlled media comprises:

enabling the one or more other devices in the first group to further share the controlled media with an additional one or more devices outside the first group; and

limiting the sharing of the controlled media to a maximum degree of separation between the first device and the additional devices allowed to the receive the controlled media.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requiring that the first device be located in a predetermined region before joining the first device to the first group; and

removing the first device from the first group when the first device leaves the predetermined region.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving access to shared media from a second device in the first group; and

removing the access to the shared media automatically when at least one of the first device and the second device leaves the first group.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating the first device with a slave device;

receiving access to shared media from a second device in the first group; and

automatically providing to the slave device access to the shared media from the second device, due to the association of the first device with the slave device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

joining the first device to a second group of one or more other devices;

applying the media control to new media contributed by the first device, to provide a controlled new media, wherein the controlled new media is a controlled version of the new media;

sharing the controlled new media with the other devices in the first group, automatically if the first set of filtering conditions for the new media are met; and

sharing the controlled new media with the other devices in the second group, automatically if a second set of filtering conditions for the new media are met.

8. A system comprising:

a group manager configured to join a first device to a first group of one or more other devices, and to determine that a first set of filtering conditions is met by media contributed by the first device;

a media controller configured to apply a media control to the contributed media to provide controlled media, wherein the controlled media is a controlled version of the contributed media, and wherein the media control application is performed automatically in response to the first set of filtering conditions for the contributed media being met; and

a communications manager configured to share the controlled media with the other devices in the first group, automatically in response to the first set of filtering conditions for the contributed media being met.

9. The system of claim 8, the media controller being further configured to apply the media control to the contributed media to provide the controlled media by applying to the contributed media at least one of blurring, watermarking, cropping, adding noise, and reducing resolution.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein, in applying the media control to the contributed media to provide the controlled media, the media controller is configured to:

enable the one or more other devices in the first group to further share the controlled media with an additional one or more devices outside the first group; and

limit the sharing of the controlled media to a maximum degree of separation between the first device and the additional devices allowed to the receive the controlled media.

11. The system of claim 8, the group manager being further configured to

require that the first device be located in a predetermined region before joining the first device to the first group;

and

remove the first device from the first group when the first device leaves the predetermined region.

12. The system of claim 8, the communications manager being further configured to receive access to shared media from a second device in the first group, and to remove the access to the shared media automatically when at least one of the first device and the second device leaves the first group.

13. The system of claim 8, the group manager being further configured to associate the first device with a slave device, and the communications manager being further configured to receiving access to shared media from a second device in the first group and to automatically provide to the slave device access to the shared media from the second device, due to the association of the first device with the slave device.

14. The system of claim 8, the group manager being further configured to join the first device to a second group of one or more other devices, the media controller being further configured to apply the media control to new media contributed by the first device, so as to provide controlled new media, wherein the controlled new media is a controlled version of the new media, and the communications manager being further configured to:

share the controlled new media with the other devices in the first group, automatically if the first set of filtering conditions for the new media are met; and

share the controlled new media with the other devices in the second group, automatically if a second set of filtering conditions for the new media are met.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied thereon, the computer readable program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

joining a first device to a first group of one or more other devices;

determining that a first set of filtering conditions is met by media contributed by the first device;

applying a media control to the contributed media to provide controlled media, wherein the controlled media is a controlled version of the contributed media, and wherein the media control application is performed automatically in response to the first set of filtering conditions for the contributed media being met; and

sharing the controlled media with the other devices in the first group, automatically in response to the first set of filtering conditions for the contributed media being met.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein applying the media control to the contributed media to provide the controlled media comprises applying to the contributed media at least one of blurring, watermarking, cropping, adding noise, and reducing resolution.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein applying the media control to the contributed media to provide the controlled media comprises:

enabling the one or more other devices in the first group to further share the controlled media with an additional one or more devices outside the first group; and

limiting the sharing of the controlled media to a maximum degree of separation between the first device and the additional devices allowed to the receive the controlled media.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, the method further comprising:

requiring that the first device be located in a predetermined region before joining the first device to the first group; and

removing the first device from the first group when the first device leaves the predetermined region.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, the method further comprising:

receiving access to shared media from a second device in the first group; and

removing the access to the shared media automatically when at least one of the first device and the second device leaves the first group.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, the method further comprising:

joining the first device to a second group of one or more other devices;

applying the media control to new media contributed by the first device, to provide controlled new media, wherein the controlled new media is a controlled version of the new media;

sharing the controlled new media with the other devices in the first group, automatically if the first set of filtering conditions for the new media are met; and

sharing the controlled new media with the other devices in the second group, automatically if a second set of filtering conditions for the new media are met.