Collaborative session resource allocation

• US 8,805,931 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2009
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Galvin, James P. Jr., Sussman, Jeremy B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thu
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRUONG, LAN DAI T
• Application Number:
  US12/398,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20100228823A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,986 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/202, 709/205, 709/224, 709/222
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

A method comprising, receiving a first collaborative session request including a first collaborative session parameter, determining whether the first collaborative session parameter is similar to a second collaborative session parameter associated with a second collaborative session request, processing the first collaborative session request responsive to determining that the first collaborative session parameter is not similar to the second collaborative session parameter, receiving an indicator of a first system asset used in the second collaborative session request responsive to determining that the first collaborative session parameter is similar to the second collaborative session parameter, associating the indicated first system asset with the first collaborative session request.

Claims

1. A method for allocating collaborative system resources, comprising:

receiving, with a processor, a collaborative session request including one or more session parameters;

comparing the session parameters to one or more previous session parameters associated with a previous collaborative session request in order to determine whether the session parameters are similar to the previous session parameters;

and

allocating a first system asset used in a previous collaborative session associated with the previous collaborative session request for use in a collaborative session associated with the collaborative session request responsive to determining that the session parameters are similar to the previous session parameters, wherein a second system asset that was not used in the previous collaborative session is not allocated although the second system asset is indicated by the session parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one selected from the first system asset and the second system asset is a communication connection.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one selected from the first system asset and the second system asset is a collaborative tool.

4. A system for allocating collaborative system resources, comprising:

a host server configured to receive a first collaborative session request including a first set of session parameters, facilitate a first collaborative session, identify system assets used in the first collaborative session, associate the identified system assets used in the first collaborative session with the first set of session parameters, save the association of the identified system assets used in the first collaborative session with the first set of session parameters in a database, receive a second collaborative session request including a second set of session parameters, determine whether the second set of session parameters is similar to the first set of session parameters, and revise the second set of session parameters based on the identified system assets used in the first collaborative session responsive to determining that the second set of session parameters is similar to the first set of session parameters;

one or more memories;

wherein a second system asset that was not used in the previous collaborative session is not allocated although the second system asset is indicated by the second set of session parameters.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the host server is further configured to allocate system assets corresponding to the revised set of session parameters in a second collaborative session corresponding to the second collaborative session request.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the allocated system assets include a system asset that does not correspond to the second set of session parameters based on the system asset corresponding to the revised set of session parameters.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the allocated system assets omit a system asset the corresponds to the second set of session parameters based on the system asset not corresponding to the revised set of session parameters.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the identified system assets include at least one a communication connection.

9. A computer program product for allocating collaborative system resources, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions embodied therewith that, as executed on a computer apparatus, causes the computer apparatus implements a method, the method comprising;

receiving a first collaborative session request including a first set of session parameters;

facilitating a first collaborative session;

identifying system assets used in the first collaborative session;

associating the identified system assets used in the first collaborative session with the first set of session parameters;

saving the association of the identified system assets used in the first collaborative session with the first set of session parameters in a database;

receiving a second collaborative session request including a second set of session parameters;

determining whether the second set of session parameters is similar to the first set of session parameters; and

revising the second set of session parameters based on the identified system assets used in the first collaborative session responsive to determining that the second set of session parameters is similar to the first set of session parameters;

wherein a second system asset that was not used in the previous collaborative session is not allocated although the second system asset is indicated by the second set of session parameters.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer executable instructions, as executed on a computer apparatus, further implement allocating system assets corresponding to the revised set of session parameters in a second collaborative session corresponding to the second collaborative session request.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein allocating system assets includes allocating a system asset that does not correspond to the second set of session parameters based on the system asset corresponding to the revised set of session parameters.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein allocating system assets includes determining not to allocate a system asset the corresponds to the second set of session parameters based on the system asset not corresponding to the revised set of session parameters.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the identified system assets include at least one communication connection.

14. A method for allocating collaborative system resources, comprising:

receiving, with a processor, a first collaborative session request including a first set of session parameters;

facilitating a first collaborative session;

identifying system assets used in the first collaborative session;

associating the identified system assets used in the first collaborative session with the first set of session parameters;

saving the association of the identified system assets used in the first collaborative session with the first set of session parameters in a database;

receiving a second collaborative session request including a second set of session parameters;

determining whether the second set of session parameters is similar to the first set of session parameters; and

revising the second set of session parameters based on the identified system assets used in the first collaborative session responsive to determining that the second set of session parameters is similar to the first set of session parameters;

wherein a second system asset that was not used in the previous collaborative session is not allocated although the second system asset is indicated by the second set of session parameters.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising allocating system assets corresponding to the revised set of session parameters in a second collaborative session corresponding to the second collaborative session request.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein allocating system assets includes reserving system assets corresponding to the revised set of session parameters for the second collaborative session.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising processing the second collaborative session request using the revised set of session parameters instead of the second set of session parameters.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein allocating system assets includes allocating a system asset that does not correspond to the second set of session parameters based on the system asset corresponding to the revised set of session parameters.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein allocating system assets includes determining not to allocate a system asset the corresponds to the second set of session parameters based on the system asset not corresponding to the revised set of session parameters.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the identified system assets include at least one communication connection.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the identified system assets include at least one collaborative tool.