Work environment for information sharing and collaboration

• US 9,749,395 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2013
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dawson, Christopher J., Graham, Barry M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gutierrez, Andres E
• Application Number:
  US13/906,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20140359481A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,551 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

An approach for collaboration is provided. An approach includes linking a first user device to a first collaboration screen of a work environment and a second user device to a second collaboration screen of the work environment. The approach also includes displaying data associated with the first user device on the first collaboration screen. The approach further includes detecting manipulation of the data at the first collaboration screen. The approach additionally includes displaying a copy of the data on the second collaboration screen based on the detecting.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure comprising a combination of hardware and software, the method comprising:

linking a first user device to a first screen of a work environment and a second user device to a second screen of the work environment, wherein the first user device and the second user device are separate devices from one another and from the first and second screens;

displaying data associated with the first user device on the first screen;

detecting manipulation of the data at the first screen, wherein the detecting the manipulation includes detecting a flick gesture of the data on the first screen;

displaying a copy of the data on the second screen based on the detecting; and

transferring the copy of the data to the second user device based upon acceptance by a user of the copy of the data displayed on the second screen,

wherein the work environment comprises a smart table, and

wherein the method further comprises;

determining a direction of the flick gesture;

extrapolating a line based on the determined direction;

determining whether the extrapolated line intersects the second screen and a third screen which is located on the smart table based on coordinate data regarding spatial locations of the second screen and the third screen on the smart table;

determining a speed of the flick gesture; and

determining whether an intended recipient of the data on the first screen is the second screen or the third screen based on an initial speed of travel, a rate of deceleration after the initial speed of travel of the flick gesture, and the spatial locations of the second screen and the third screen on the smart table.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the copy of the data comprises displaying the copy of the data in a share area of the second screen, and the main area of the first screen displays the same data displayed on the first user device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the data being moved comprises detecting a touch screen input at the first screen.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the share area of the first screen corresponds to the second screen based on a spatial relationship between the first screen and the second screen.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the copy of the data comprises displaying the copy of the data moving across the second screen in a direction along the extrapolated line.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting acceptance of the copy of the data; and

causing a copy of a file associated with the data to be transferred from the first user device to the second user device based on the acceptance.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting denial of the copy of the data; and

removing the copy of the data from the second screen based on the denial and without transferring a file associated with the data from the first user device to the second user device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a message on the second screen, wherein the message comprises a first input field that indicates acceptance of the copy of the data and a second input field that indicates denial of the copy of the data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the message further comprises at least one of:

a filename associated with the data;

a user name associated with a user of the first screen; and

an avatar associated with the user of the first screen.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the linking is performed based on receiving a registration of a first user at the first screen and a registration of a second user at the second screen, and the first user device and the second user device are mobile devices.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein a service provider at least one of creates, maintains, deploys and supports the computer infrastructure.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein steps of claim 1 are provided by a service provider on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising deploying a system for providing collaboration, wherein the deploying comprises providing the computer infrastructure operable to perform the steps of claim 1.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the first screen includes a main area and a share area, the second screen includes a main area and a share area, separate and distinct from the share area of the first screen, the detecting the manipulation includes detecting the data being moved from the main area of the first screen to the share area of the first screen, the displaying of the copy of the data on the second screen includes causing a copy of the data to appear on the share area of the second screen, separate from the display of the data on the share area of the first screen, in response to detecting the data being moved from the main area of the first screen to the share area of the first screen, and the acceptance of the copy of the data displayed on the second screen includes moving the copy of the data from the share area of the second screen to the main area of the second screen.

15. A computer program product comprising a hardware computer usable storage device having readable program code embodied in the storage device, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:

wirelessly link a first user device, which includes a processor and a display, to a first screen of a work environment;

wirelessly link a second user device, which includes a processor and a display, to a second screen of the work environment;

display, on the first screen, an icon of a file stored on the first user device;

detect manipulation of the icon the first screen, wherein the detecting the manipulation includes detecting a flick gesture of the data on the first screen;

display a copy of the icon the second screen based on the detecting the manipulation;

detect one of acceptance and denial at the second screen based on the displaying the copy of the icon,

when acceptance is detected, cause a copy of the file to be stored on the second user device,

when denial is detected, remove the copy of the icon from the second screen,

wherein the work environment comprises a smart table, and

wherein the at least one component is further operable to;

determine a direction of a the flick gesture;

extrapolate a line based on the determined direction;

determine whether the extrapolated line intersects the second screen and a third screen which is located on the smart table based on computer data regarding spatial location of the second screen and the third screen on the smart table;

determine a speed of the flick gesture;

determine whether an intended recipient of the data on the first screen is the second screen or the third screen based on an initial speed of travel, a rate of deceleration after the initial speed of travel of the flick gesture, and the spatial locations of the second screen and the third screen on the smart table.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein:

the detecting the manipulation further comprises detecting touch screen movement of the icon from a main area of the first screen to a share area of the first screen;

the share area of the first screen corresponds to a share area of the second screen, and the share area of the second screen is separate and distinct from the share area of the first screen;

the acceptance of the copy of the icon displayed on the second screen includes moving the copy of the icon from the share area of the second screen to the main area of the second screen; and

the displaying of the copy of the icon on the second screen includes causing a copy of the icon to appear on the share area of the second screen, separate from the display of the icon on the share area of the first screen, in response to detecting the icon being moved from the main area of the first screen to the share area of the first screen.

17. A system comprising:

a work environment comprising screens;

a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media;

program instructions to link a first user device, which includes a processor and a display, to a first one of the screens and a second user device, which includes a processor and a display, to a second one of the screens, wherein the first user device and the second user device are separate devices from one another and from the first one of the screens and from the second one of the screens;

program instructions to display an icon, corresponding to data stored on the first user device, on the first one of the screens;

program instructions to display a copy of the data stored on the first user device on the second one of the screens based on detecting manipulation of the icon of the data on the first one of the screens, wherein the detecting the manipulation includes detecting a flick gesture of the data on the first screen; and

program instructions to transfer the copy of the data displayed on the second one of the screens to the second user device based upon acceptance by a user of the copy of the data displayed on the second screen;

wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory,

wherein the work environment comprises a smart table, and

wherein the system further comprises;

program instructions to determine a direction of the flick gesture;

program instructions to extrapolate a line based on the determined direction;

program instructions to determine whether the extrapolated line intersects the second screen and a third screen which is located on the smart table based on coordinate data regarding spatial locations of the second screen and the third screen on the smart table;

program instructions to determine a speed of the flick gesture; and

program instructions to determine whether an intended recipient of the data on the first screen is the second screen or the third screen based on an initial speed of travel and a rate of deceleration after the initial speed of travel of the flick gesture, and the spatial locations of the second screen and the third screen on the smart table.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the first one of the screens includes a main area and a share area, the second one of the screens includes a main area and a share area, separate and distinct from the share area of the first one of the screens, the detecting the manipulation includes detecting the icon of the data being moved from the main area of the first one of the screens to the share area of the first one of the screens, the displaying of the copy of the data on the second one of the screens includes causing a copy of the data to appear on the share area of the second one of the screens, separate from the display of the data on the share area of the first one of the screens, in response to detecting the data being moved from the main area of the first one of the screens to the share area of the first one of the screens, and the acceptance of the copy of the data displayed on the second one of the screens includes moving the copy of the data from the share area of the second one of the screens to the main area of the second one of the screens.