Providing feedback for screen sharing

• US 9,600,152 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2013
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bhogal, Kulvir S., Boss, Gregory J., Hamilton, Rick A. II, Sand, Anne R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, JUSTIN S
• Application Number:
  US14/077,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20140075341A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,225 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• 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

Abstract

A data processing system and computer program product for sharing displayed content. A content displayed on a source computer system is shared with a set of target computer systems, wherein the content is displayed on a target display on each target computer system in the set of target computer systems. In response to a change in the content displayed on the source computer system, a progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is identified. An indication of the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems is generated at the source computer system.

Claims

1. A data processing computer system for customizing a presentation comprising:

a bus;

a communications unit connected to the bus;

a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device stores program code; and

a processor unit connected to the bus, wherein the processor unit is configured to run the program code to;

share a content displayed on a source computer system with a set of target computer systems, wherein the content is displayed on a target display on each target computer system in the set of target computer systems;

responsive to a change in the content displayed on the source computer system, identify a progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems, wherein the change in the content displayed on the source computer system is a difference between the content displayed at a current time as compared to the content displayed at a previous time, and wherein the each target computer system receives, and begins to display, the change in the content on a respective target display;

generate an indication of the progress since beginning to display the change in the content until the change in the content is actually displayed as complete on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems at the source computer system, wherein the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display for the each target computer system is monitored and compared with the progress in displaying the change in the content of each other target computer system in the set of target computer systems; and

display the indication of the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems on a source display on the source computer system.

2. The data processing computer system of claim 1, wherein the processor unit is further configured to run the program code to display the indication of the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems on a target display in the set of target computer systems.

3. The data processing computer system of claim 1, wherein the processor unit is further configured to run the program code to display the indication of the progress in displaying the change in the content on a target display on a target computer system in the set of target computer systems on the target display on the target computer system.

4. The data processing computer system of claim 1, wherein in being configured to run the program code to identify the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems, the processor unit is configured to run the program code to identify an expected amount of time until the change in the content on a target display on a target computer system in the set of target computer systems is displayed.

5. The data processing computer system of claim 1, wherein the processor unit is further configured to run the program code to determine a set of actions that are required to display the change in the content on a target display on a target computer system in the set of target computer systems within a specified amount of time and display the set of actions on the source computer system.

6. A computer program product for customizing a presentation comprising:

a computer readable storage medium;

program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, for sharing a content displayed on a source computer system with a set of target computer systems, wherein the content is displayed on a target display on each target computer system in the set of target computer systems;

program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, responsive to a change in the content displayed on the source computer system, for identifying a progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems, wherein the change in the content displayed on the source computer system is a difference between the content displayed at a current time as compared to the content displayed at a previous time, and wherein the each target computer system receives and begins to display the change in the content on a respective target display;

program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, for generating an indication of the progress since beginning to display the change in the content until the change in the content is actually displayed as complete on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems at the source computer system, wherein the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display for the each target computer system is monitored and compared with the progress in displaying the change in the content of each other target computer system in the set of target computer systems; and

program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, for displaying the indication of the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems on a source display on the source computer system.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, for displaying the indication of the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems on a target display in the set of target computer systems.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, for identifying the progress in displaying the change in the content on the target display on the each target computer system in the set of target computer systems further comprises program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, for identifying an expected amount of time until the change in the content on a target display on a target computer system in the set of target computer systems is displayed.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, for determining a set of actions that are required to display the change in the content on a target display on a target computer system in the set of target computer systems within a specified amount of time and displaying the set of actions on the source computer system.