NETWORK BASED COLLABORATIVE INTERACTIVE DEVICES

• US 20160026809A1
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Published: 01/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Promethean Limited (Best Assistant Education Group Co.)
• Original Assignee: Promethean Limited (Best Assistant Education Group Co.)
• Inventors: Edwardson, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US14/443,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20160026809A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices

Abstract

There is disclosed a method of establishing a communication network for connecting a plurality of computing devices, comprising: establishing a network under the control of one of the computing devices; running an application on at least one of the computing devices; and controlling access to an application running on a device by at least one other device by defining an access setting for each application running on device.

Claims

1. A method of establishing a communication network for connecting a plurality of computing devices, comprising:

establishing a network between a plurality of computing devices under the control of one of the computing devices;

running an application on at least one of the computing devices; and

controlling access to an application running on a device by at least one other device by defining an access setting for each application running on each device.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein a session is established between two or more applications, content being shared between applications in the session.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein content made available by an application is transmitted to all applications having access to that application.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein each device is configured to be associated with a predetermined network, wherein on determination of the presence of the predetermined network the device connects to the network automatically.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein on connection with the network, a device receives a list of other devices connected to the network.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein on connection with the network, a device receives a list of applications running on other devices for which the device is permitted access.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein each device is associated with a user, the access settings for an application running on a device being defined by the user.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the access settings for all applications on a device are the same.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the access settings for each application on a device is unique.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the connection of a device to the network is dependent upon a characteristic of the device.

13. The method according to claim 12 wherein the characteristic is a functionality to automatically register with a network of the predetermined type.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein access to an application on another device is dependent on a characteristic of a user of the device.

15. The method according to claim 14 wherein the characteristic may be the identity of the user.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein the provision of access to an application allows the provision of access to a peripheral device associated with the device in which the application is running.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein a registered device registers any peripheral devices associated therewith.

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18. A system for a communication network for connecting a plurality of computing devices, comprising:

at least one of the computing devices running an application; and

adapted to control access to the application running on the device by at least one other device by defining an access setting for each application running on each device.

35. The system according to claim 18 adapted to establish a session between two or more applications, content being shared between applications in the session.

36. The system according to claim 18 wherein each device is configured to be associated with a predetermined network, wherein on determination of the presence of the predetermined network the device connects to the network automatically.

37. The system according to claim 18 wherein on connection with the network, a device receives a list of other devices connected to the network.

38. The system according to claim 18 wherein on connection with the network, a device receives a list of applications running on other devices for which the device is permitted access.

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