Transmitting data within remote application

• US 8,516,143 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2010
• Issued: 08/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, ServiceNow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Danny Y., Lin, Dave, Su, Clement, Wong, Meng-Li
• Primary Examiner(s): BAROT, BHARAT
• Application Number:
  US12/749,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20100250771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,239 Days
• Field of Search: 709201-205, 709217-219, 709231-232
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2402 Monitoring of the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. bandwidth available traffic monitoring in data switching networks H04L43/00; monitoring data switching networks utilization H04L43/0876
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2662 Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6583 Acknowledgement

Abstract

A device, method and computer program product for transmitting data within remote application are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: detecting a connection attribute with a receiver; selecting an available transmission condition according to the detected connection attribute; and transmitting an audio data and/or a video data to the receiver responsive to a determination that the available transmission condition is fulfilled.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a presentation between a lecturer and attendees within a remote application, comprising the following steps:

a computer detecting a connection attribute from a receiver, wherein the computer conducts the presentation within the remote application;

the computer determining, responsive to the connection attribute, when to capture a screenshot of the presentation, wherein the connection attribute specifies a condition when the screenshot of the presentation is captured, wherein the condition is selected from a group consisting of;

a designated time interval elapsing, the presentation proceeding to a next page on a display, the lecturer selecting a region of an image on the display, the lecturer resuming the presentation from a pause, all or a portion of an image on the display changing, the lecturer using a keyword, and the lecturer moving a region of the image over a predetermined distance on the display;

responsive to a determination that the condition is fulfilled, capturing the screenshot from a video stream; and

responsive to capturing the screenshot from the video stream, transmitting the captured screenshot to the receiver.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of selecting the condition further comprises:

accessing a set of configuration data having a plurality of conditions; and

selecting the condition according to the detected connection attribute with the set of configuration data.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein at least a part of the configuration data is selected from at least one of the followings:

a configuration data set by a provider, a configuration data set by the receiver, and a default transmission condition.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the captured screenshot comprises:

upon triggering a short-cut key, sending a signal notifying that the available transmission condition is accomplished.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting further comprises:

when the transmission condition is identified as the video stream, continuously transmitting the video stream as video data to the receiver.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the captured screen shot further comprises:

when the transmission condition is identified as an audio stream, continuously transmitting the audio stream as audio data to the receiver.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of adjusting the captured screenshot into a preferred file attribute.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the captured screenshot further comprises:

capturing a segment of an audio stream when an intensity of the audio stream exceeds a background threshold value; and

transmitting the captured segment as audio data to the receiver.

9. A computer program product having a program code for transmitting a presentation between a lecturer and attendees within a remote application, the computer program product comprising:

one or more non-tangible computer readable storage devices;

computer program instructions stored in at least one non-tangible computer readable storage device for detecting a connection attribute from a receiver, wherein the computer conducts the presentation within the remote application;

computer program instructions stored in at least one non-tangible computer readable storage device for the computer program instructions stored in at least one non-tangible computer readable storage device for determining, responsive to the connection attribute, when to capture a screenshot of the presentation, wherein the connection attribute specifies a condition when the screenshot of the presentation is captured, wherein the condition is selected from a group consisting of;

a designated time interval elapsing, the presentation proceeding to a next page on a display, the lecturer selecting a region of an image on the display, the lecturer resuming the presentation from a pause, all or a portion of an image on the display changing, the lecturer using a keyword, and the lecturer moving a region of the image over a predetermined distance on the display;

computer program instructions stored in at least one non-tangible computer readable storage device for capturing, responsive to a determination that the condition is fulfilled, the screenshot from a video stream; and

computer program instructions stored in at least one non-tangible computer readable storage device for transmitting, responsive to capturing the screenshot from the video stream, the captured screenshot to the receiver.

10. The computer program product according to claim 9, further comprising:

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for accessing a set of configuration data having a plurality of predetermined transmission conditions; and

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for selecting the available transmission condition according to the detected connection attribute with the set of configuration data.

11. The computer program product according to claim 9, further comprising:

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for sending responsive to a short-cut key being triggered, a signal notifying that the available transmission condition is accomplished.

12. The computer program product according to claim 9, further comprises:

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for, responsive to the transmission condition being identified as a video stream, continuously transmitting the video stream as video data to the receiver.

13. The computer program product according to claim 9, further comprises:

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for continuously transmitting, responsive to the condition being identified as an audio stream, the audio stream as audio data to the receiver.

14. The computer program product according to claim 9, further comprises:

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for adjusting the captured screenshot into a preferred file attribute.

15. The computer program product according to claim 9, wherein the program code is executed for further performing the step of further comprises:

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for capturing a segment of the audio stream when the intensity of audio stream exceeds background threshold value; and

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for transmitting the captured segment as audio data to the receiver.

16. A device for coupling to a receiver and transmitting a presentation between a lecturer and attendees within a remote application, comprising:

a detecting module for detecting a connection attribute with the receiver; and

a transmitting module for transmitting the presentation to the receiver responsive to a determination that a condition is fulfilled;

one or more processors, one or more computer readable memories, and one or more computer readable storage devices;

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for execution by at least one processor via at least one memory for detecting the connection attribute from the receiver, wherein the computer conducts the presentation within the remote application and the receiver is a computer of an attendee to the presentation;

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for execution by at least one processor via at least one memory for determining, responsive to the connection attribute, when to capture a screenshot of the presentation, wherein the connection attribute specifies a condition when the screenshot of the presentation is captured, wherein the condition is selected from a group consisting of;

a designated time interval has elapsing, the presentation proceeding to a next page on a display, the lecturer selecting a region of an image on the display, the lecturer resuming the presentation from a pause, all or a portion of an image on the display changing, the lecturer using a keyword, and the lecturer moving a region of the image over a predetermined distance on the display;

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for execution by at least one processor via at least one memory for capturing, responsive to a determination that the condition is fulfilled, the screenshot from a video stream; and

computer program instructions stored in at least one computer readable storage device for execution by at least one processor via at least one memory for transmitting, responsive to capturing the screenshot from the video stream, the captured screenshot to the receiver.

17. The device according to claim 16, further comprising:

a storage unit for storing a set of configuration data having a plurality of predetermined transmission conditions; and

computer program instructions stored on at least one computer readable storage device for execution by at least one processor via at least one computer readable memory for transmitting the captured screenshot as video data to the receiver; and

computer program instructions stored on at least one computer readable storage device for execution by at least one processor via at least one computer readable memory for selecting the condition according to the detected connection attribute with the set of configuration data.

18. The device according to claim 16, further comprising:

a video capturing unit for capturing the screenshot from the video stream so that the captured screenshot is transmitted as video data to the receiver.

19. The device according to claim 16, further comprising:

an audio capturing unit for capturing a segment of the audio stream when an intensity of an audio stream exceeds a background threshold value so that the captured segment is transmitted as audio data to the receiver.

20. The device according to claim 16, further comprising:

an input unit with a short-cut key to be triggered by a user;

computer program instructions stored on at least one computer readable storage device for execution by at least one processor via at least one computer readable memory for transmitting, responsive to the short-cut key being triggered, a to notify that the condition is accomplished.