Session aware notifications

• US 9,456,007 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2008
• Issued: 09/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Pimmel, Kim P., Lorenz, Jon
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thuong
• Application Number:
  US12/271,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20140032634A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,873 Days
• Field of Search: 709/225, 709/227, 709/224, 713/156, 713/159, 726/26
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast

Abstract

User device information, identifying a first plurality of devices associated with a first user, is stored. A first device of the first plurality of devices is identified as being active. Data pertaining to an interaction session, within which the first user is participating, is provided to the first device based on the determination that the first device is active.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

storing device information identifying a first plurality of network devices of a first user;

identifying a first network device of the first plurality of network devices as being active on a network and participating in an asset sharing session involving the streaming of content from a network-based server to the first network device;

determining that the first network device of the first user is within physical proximity of a second network device of a second user; and

automatically providing data pertaining to the asset sharing session within which the first user is participating to the second network device based on the determination that the first network device is active and in physical proximity of the second network device, wherein the data pertaining to the asset sharing session is to enable the second network device to participate in the asset sharing session by receiving a stream of the content from the network-based server so long as the second network device remains in physical proximity of the first network device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the data pertaining to the asset sharing session to the second network device of the second user includes providing state information to the second network device so as to migrate a state of the asset sharing session between the first network device and the second network device of the second user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising storing a plurality of assets to be network-accessible by the first plurality of network devices, wherein at least one asset is content that can be streamed from a content server to one or more of the plurality of network devices.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the asset includes at least one of an application or content.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the data pertaining to the asset sharing session includes providing notifications pertaining to the asset sharing session to the first network device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the identifying of the first network device as being active includes establishing a plurality of connections with the first plurality of network devices respectively, and receiving activity information from the first plurality of network devices via the plurality of connections.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the data to the second network device includes customizing the data for the second network device to which the data pertaining to the asset sharing session is provided.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the data pertaining to the asset sharing session within which the first user is participating includes customizing the data according to user profile information for the second user.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the user profile information includes user preference information.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying that the first network device is active includes at least one of receiving input through an input device, or receiving input through an accelerometer.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the streaming of content from a network-based server to the first device includes causing the display of the content on the first network device and wherein providing of the data pertaining to the asset sharing session includes causing the display of the content on the second network device so as to migrate a state of the asset sharing session between the first network device and the second network device.

12. A computer system comprising:

a processor-implemented storage engine to store device information that identifies a first plurality of devices of a first user;

a processor-implemented identification engine to identify a first device of the first plurality of devices as being active on a network and participating in an asset sharing session involving the streaming of content from a network-based server to the first network device;

a proximity engine to determine that the first network device of the first user is within physical proximity of a second network device of a second user; and

a processor-implemented selection engine to selectively provide data that pertains to the asset sharing session, within which the first user is a participant, automatically to the second device based on the determination that the first network device is active and in physical proximity of the second network device, the data pertaining to the asset sharing session to enable the second network device to participate in the asset sharing session by receiving a stream of the content from the network-based server so long as the second network device remains in physical proximity of the first network device.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the processor-implemented selection engine is to selectively provide state information to the second network device so as to migrate a state of the asset sharing session between the first network device and the second network device of the second user.

14. The computer system of claim 12, further comprising an additional processor-implemented storage engine to store a plurality of assets to be network-accessible by the first plurality of network devices, and wherein the providing of the data that pertains to the asset sharing session includes providing data to enable the second network device to access an asset of the plurality of assets.

15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the asset includes at least one of an application or content.

16. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the processor-implemented selection engine is to selectively provide notifications that pertain to the asset sharing session to the first network device.

17. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the processor-implemented identification engine is to identify the first device as being active, to facilitate the establishment of a plurality of connections with the plurality of devices respectively, and to receive activity information from the plurality of devices via the plurality of connections.

18. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the processor-implemented selection engine is to customize the data according to user profile information for the first user.

19. The computer system of claim 18, wherein the user profile information includes user preference information.

20. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the processor-implemented identification engine is to identify the first device as active and to at least one of receive input through an input device, or receive input through an accelerometer.

21. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions, which, when executed by one or more processor-based machines, cause the one or more processor-based machines to perform the following operations:

store device information identifying a first plurality of devices of a first user;

identify a first device of the first plurality of devices as being active on a network and participating in an asset sharing session involving the streaming of content from a network-based server to the first network device;

determine that the first network device of the first user is within physical proximity of a second network device of a second user; and

automatically provide data pertaining to the asset sharing session, within which the first user is participating, to the second device based on the determination that the first device is active and in physical proximity of the second network device, wherein the data pertaining to the asset sharing session is to enable the second network device to participate in the asset sharing session by receiving a stream of the content from the network-based server so long as the second network device remains in physical proximity of the first network device.