Remote active window sensing and reporting feature

• US 8,918,527 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2012
• Issued: 12/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Batot, Fronz F., Holley, Adam R., Johnson, Randy S., Northway, Tedrick N., Smallowitz, Howard N.
• Primary Examiner(s): GOLDBERG, ANDREW C
• Application Number:
  US13/550,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20120284665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 715/802
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

A system and method is provided for remote active window sensing of a display in a computing device and reporting of the same. The system includes a tool including a remote monitoring and reporting component configured to monitor active windows of one or more remote devices and provide a report to a presenter as to whether the active windows of the one or more remote devices are for a presentation of the presenter.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer readable hardware storage device;

program code of a remote monitoring and reporting component stored on the computer readable hardware storage device for execution by the computer processor, the program code comprising;

program code that determines whether active windows of one or more remote devices are participating in a presentation of a presenter;

program code that provides a report to the presenter as to whether the active windows of the one or more remote devices are for the presentation of the presenter; and

program code that provides each of the one or more remote devices with;

a selection to disable the determining of whether the active windows of the one or more remote devices are for the presentation of the presenter while keeping the reporting active, and to receive the presentation with the determining disabled; and

a selection to disable the providing of the report to the presenter as to whether the active windows of the one or more remote devices are for the presentation of the presenter while keeping the determining active, and to receive the presentation with the providing disabled.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component further comprises program code that provides the presenter with a selection to disable the monitoring and reporting component and a selection to send the presentation with the monitoring and reporting component disabled.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component further comprises program code that requests information from the one or more remote devices as to whether the active windows are for the presentation.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component further comprises program code that receives a status of a first active window displayed by a first remote device of the one or more remote devices from an agent at the first remote device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the status identifies the first remote device and indicates whether a first presentation window is active on the first remote device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component further comprises program code that generates a reporting screen indicating a status of the active windows of the one or more remote devices.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component is activated with a collaboration tool.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component is integrated into a collaboration tool.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component is used over the Internet.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component further comprises program code that provides selections for the presenter and the one or more remote devices.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring and reporting component further comprises program code that receives a confirmation from each of the one or more remote devices of an opt in or opt out selection selected by each of the one or more remote devices.

12. A method for deploying a monitoring and reporting component, comprising:

determining, by a computing device, whether active windows on one or more remote devices are participating in a presentation of a presenter;

generating, by the computing device, a report of whether the active windows are for the presentation;

providing, by the computing device, the report to the presenter; and

providing, by the computing device, permissions to each of the one or more remote devices to provide each of the one or more remote devices with;

a selection to disable the determining of whether the active windows are for the presentation while keeping the reporting active, and to receive the presentation with the determining disabled; and

a selection to disable the generating and the providing of the report to the presenter while keeping the determining active, and to receive the presentation with the generating and the providing disabled.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein a service provider requests an active window status, receives the active window status and generates the report and sends the report to the presenter.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising implementing a collaboration tool with the request of the active window status.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the computer infrastructure provides the report of a status of the active windows to the presenter.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the computer infrastructure receives information from an agent residing on the one or more remote devices as to whether the active windows are for the presentation.

17. A computer program product for monitoring active window status on a remote device and generating a report of the active window status, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage memory including;

first program instructions to request active window status of one or more remote devices which have enabled a monitoring and reporting function requested by a presenter-of material;

second program instructions to generate a report to the presenter as to whether active windows of the one or more remote devices are participating in a presentation of the presenter;

third program instructions to provide the report to the presenter in a reporting screen;

fourth program instructions to provide the presenter with a selection to enable or disable the monitoring and reporting;

fifth program instructions to provide permissions to each of the one or more remote devices to provide each of the one or more remote devices with;

a selection to disable monitoring of a respective active window of the one or more remote devices while keeping the reporting active, and to receive the presentation with the monitoring disabled; and

a selection to disable the generating and the providing of the report to the presenter as to whether the active windows of the one or more remote devices are for the presentation of the presenter while keeping the requesting active, and to receive the presentation with the generating and the providing disabled; and

sixth program instructions to provide, from the presenter to the one or more remote devices, a request to display the presentation in the active windows based on the report provided to the presenter,

wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth program instructions are stored in a computer readable hardware storage device for execution by a central processing unit of a computing device.