SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING A SHARED CONNECTION

• US 20080109515A1
• Filed: 11/08/2006
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Khan, Jay, Radhakrishnan, Chandrasekaran
• Application Number:
  US11/557,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20080109515A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A system operable to regulate a shared connectivity with a client system having a client display is provided. The system includes a remote computer station in communication with a server connected in communication with the client system, and a graphic interface illustrated on the client display of the client system. The graphic interface allows a client single click control in initiating and interrupting shared connectivity of the client system with the remote computer station.

Claims

10. A method of regulating a shared connection of a remote computer terminal with a client system having a display, the method comprising the acts of:

displaying a graphic interface on a display of the client system, the display including a graphic virtual image of a first link;

detecting a selection of the first link indicative of a request for a shared connectivity with the remote computer station;

generating a signal representative of the request for the shared connectivity; and

initiating shared connectivity of the remote computer station with the client system in response to the signal representative of the approval.

1. A system operable to regulate a shared connectivity with a client system having a client display, comprising:

a remote computer station in communication with a server connected in communication with the client system; and

a graphic interface illustrated on the client display of the client system, the graphic interface including a first link that when selected allows the remote computer station access through the server and shared connectivity with the client system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein selection of the first link causes communication of an identifier data and an initialization data to the server, the initialization data including an address of the client system and an address of the remote computer station to be granted access to share connectivity with one another.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first link includes a graphic virtual image of a selector button.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphic interface includes a status indicator configured to illustrate a real-time status of the shared connectivity of the remote computer terminal with the client system.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphic interface further includes an about link that when selected initiates the client system to illustrate a plurality of installation information data of the client system on the client display.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphic interface includes a second link that when moved interrupts the shared connection of the remote computer terminal with the client system.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphic interface includes an identifier indicator illustrative of an identifier data of the client system.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical interface regulates activation of an agent software so as to enable the shared connection.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the act of detecting the selection of the first link causes communication of an identifier data and an initialization data to a server connected in communication between the client system and the remote computer station, the initialization data including an address of the client system and an address of the remote computer station to be granted access to share connectivity with one another.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the act of detecting a selection of the desktop link prompts activating an agent software stored at the client system, the agent software including a plurality of computer readable program instructions for illustrating the graphic interface on the display of the client system.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the act of displaying the graphic user interface includes displaying a second link that when selected causes interruption of the shared connectivity with the remote computer station.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the act of displaying the graphic interface includes displaying a third link that when selected closes the graphic interface illustrated on the display of the client system.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the act of displaying the graphic interface includes displaying a connectivity status indicator indicative of a current status of the shared connectivity with the remote computer station.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises the act of updating the status indicator on the graphic interface in response to successful shared connectivity of the remote computer station with the client system.

16-1. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises the act of updating the status indicator on the graphic interface in response to interrupting the shared connectivity with the remote computer station.

17. An article of manufacture operable to enable shared connectivity of a remote computer station with a client system via a server, the article of manufacture including a computer readable storage medium comprising a plurality of program instructions for execution by a processor in communication with a display, the plurality of program instructions comprising:

displaying a graphic interface on a display of the client system;

detecting a selection of a first link on the graphic interface;

initiating a shared connectivity of a remote computer station with the client system in response to detecting the selection;

detecting a selection of a second link on the graphic interface; and

interrupting the shared connectivity in response to detecting the selection of the second link.

18. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 17, the program instructions further comprising:

displaying a status indicator on the graphic interface, the status indicator illustrative of a status of the shared connection of the remote computer station with the client system.

19. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 17, wherein the act of initiating the shared connectivity includes communicating an identifier data and an initialization data to the server connected in communication between the client system and the remote computer station, the initialization data including an address of the client system and an address of the remote computer station to be granted access to share connectivity with one another.

20. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 17, wherein the act of displaying the graphic interface includes displaying a third link that when selected closes the graphic interface.