Discriminating among resources to share

• US 8,549,413 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2010
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Balasubramanian, Swaminathan, Bansal, Ravi P., O'Connell, Brian M., Walker, Keith R.
• Primary Examiner(s): LEGGETT, ANDREA C.
• Application Number:
  US12/756,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20110252366A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,272 Days
• Field of Search: 715/809, 715/751
• US Class Current: 715/751
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

An activity tracker defines a context for a screen sharing session, wherein the context includes at least one term of metadata. The activity tracker establishes a shared link to a second computer, comprising authenticating the second computer. The activity tracker shares at least a first resource rendered by a first application, wherein the first application renders data of the first resource. The activity tracker receives a preliminary user input to access a second resource, wherein the preliminary user input to access is a command to render a resource. The activity tracker or sharing controller renders the second resource to form a rendered second resource, wherein a computer environment comprises the first resource and the second resource. The activity tracker determines that the second resource fails to satisfy the context.

Claims

1. A method for selecting data to share in a screen sharing session, the method comprising:

defining, at a first computer, a context for a screen sharing session;

establishing, at the first computer, a shared link to a second computer, comprising authenticating a second user that uses the second computer;

sharing, between the first computer and the second computer, at least a first resource rendered by a first application on the first computer, wherein the first application renders data of the first resource;

receiving, at the first computer, a request by a first user to share a second resource;

rendering, at the first computer, the second resource to form a rendered second resource, wherein a computer environment comprises the first resource and the second resource;

determining, at the first computer, that the second resource fails to satisfy the context, and in response to a determination that the second resource fails to satisfy the context, displaying a dialog box which prompts the first user for a decision whether to share the second resource to the second computer, wherein the determination that the second resource fails to satisfy the context, comprises comparing the context to a tag, keyword, file name or file title within metadata associated with the second resource;

receiving, at the first computer, a decision to share the second resource; and

responsive to the decision to share the second resource, the first computer sharing the second resource to the second computer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein sharing the second resource comprises rendering the second shared resource to the second computer.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that a teleconference is occurring;

receiving updates to the first resource; and

responsive to a determination that the teleconference is occurring, rendering updates to the screen sharing session.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining that a teleconference has terminated; and

responsive to a determination that the teleconference has terminated, terminating rendering updates to the screen sharing session.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein rendering the second resource to form a rendered second resource comprises privately rendering to a display local with respect to the request by the first user to render the second resource.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein sharing comprises transmitting rendering data of the resource.

7. A computer program product for selecting a resource to share in a screen sharing session, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code stored thereon, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to define a context for a screen sharing session;

computer readable program code configured to establish a shared link to a second computer, comprising authenticating a second user that uses the second computer;

computer readable program code configured to share, between a first computer and a second computer, at least a first resource rendered by a first application on the first computer, wherein the first application renders data of the first resource;

computer readable program code configured to receive a request by a first user to share a second resource;

computer readable program code configured to render the second resource to form a rendered second resource, wherein a computer environment comprises the first resource and the second resource;

computer readable program code configured to determine that the second resource fails to satisfy the context, wherein the determination that the second resource fails to satisfy the context, comprises comparing the context to a tag, keyword, file name, or file title within metadata associated with the second resource;

computer readable program code configured to display a dialog box which prompts the first user for a decision whether to share the second resource to the second computer, responsive to a determination that the second resource fails to satisfy the context;

computer readable program code configured to receive, at the first computer, a decision to share the second resource; and

computer readable program code configured to share to the second computer the second resource responsive to the decision to share the second resource.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein computer readable program code configured to share the second resource comprises computer readable program code configured to render the second shared resource to the second, wherein the decision to share comprises a request to share the second resource.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to determine that a teleconference is occurring;

computer readable program code configured to receive updates to the first resource; and

computer readable program code configured to render updates to the screen sharing session, responsive to a determination that the teleconference is occurring.

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

computer readable program code configured to determine that a teleconference has terminated; and

computer readable program code configured to terminate rendering updates to the screen sharing session, responsive to a determination that the teleconference has terminated.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein computer readable code configured to render the second resource to form a rendered second resource comprises computer readable code configured to privately render to a display local with respect to the request by the first user to render the second resource.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein computer readable program code configured to share comprises computer readable program code configured to transmit rendering data of the resource.

13. A data processing system for selecting a resource to share in a screen sharing session, the data processing system comprising:

one or more a processors, a computer-readable memory, a computer-readable storage device and program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage device for execution by the one or more processors via the computer-readable memory, the program instructions comprising;

first program instructions to define a context for a screen sharing session;

second program instructions to establish a shared link to a second computer, comprising authenticating a second user that uses the second computer;

third program instructions to share, between the first computer and the second computer, at least a first resource rendered by a first application on the first computer, wherein the first application renders data of the first resource;

fourth program instructions to receive a request by a first user to share a second resource;

fifth program instructions to render the second resource to form a rendered second resource, wherein a computer environment comprises the first resource and the second resource;

sixth program instructions to determine that the second resource fails to satisfy the context, wherein the determination that the second resource fails to satisfy the context, comprises comparing the context to a tag, keyword, file name or file title within metadata associated with the second resource;

seventh program instructions to display a dialog box which prompts the first user for a decision whether to share the second resource to the second computer, responsive to a determination that the second resource fails to satisfy the context;

eighth program instructions to receive a decision to share the second resource; and

ninth program instructions to share the second resource responsive to the decision to share the second resource.

14. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein ninth program instructions to share the second resource comprises program instructions to render the second shared resource to the second computer.

15. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the program instructions further comprise:

tenth program instructions to determine that a teleconference is occurring;

eleventh program instructions to receive updates to the first resource; and

twelfth program instructions to render updates to the screen sharing session, responsive to a determination that the teleconference is occurring.

16. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions further comprise:

tenth program instructions to determine that a teleconference has terminated; and

eleventh program instructions to terminate rendering updates to the screen sharing session, responsive to a determination that the teleconference has terminated.

17. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein fifth program instructions to render the second resource to form a rendered second resource comprises program instructions to privately render to a display local with respect to the request by the first user to render the second resource.