Enabling host active element content related actions on a client device within remote presentations

• US 9,996,210 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dancy, Jerry Alan, Lamb, Marshall Allen
• Primary Examiner(s): Nazar, Ahamed I
• Application Number:
  US13/174,146
• Publication Number:
  US 20130007579A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,539 Days
• Field of Search: 715209, 715238, 715205, 715208
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Enabling active host content related actions on a client device can begin with a client device receiving guest screen data and optionally host screen metadata from a server. The content of the guest screen data can be presented on the client device. A passive element corresponding to each active element of the server host screen can be identified. The active element of the server host screen can be selectable by the presenter and, upon selection (active event), can launch an active action on the server. The passive element of the client guest screen can have a defined selectable overlay hot spot. A hot spot can be can be associated with a hot spot action at the client. The hot spot action taken by the client, upon a hot spot event, can correspond to the active action taken by the server.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method performed within a client, comprising:

receiving, by the client and from a server, guest screen data representing an image that includes an active element upon being displayed by a host screen of a presentation host;

presenting, by the client and using the guest screen data, a guest screen corresponding to the host screen;

identifying, within the guest screen data, a passive element corresponding to the active element and presented within the guest screen;

selecting, based upon the identified passive element, a selectable graphical user interface;

overlaying, in the guest screen, the passive element with the selectable graphical user interface, wherein

the active element, upon being selected within the host screen, causes an active action to be performed by the presentation host, and

the selectable graphical user interface, upon being selected within the guest screen, causes the client to perform a client-side action equivalent to the active action.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a region of the guest screen data;

converting the region into textual data;

determining that the textual data represents the active element;

identifying, based upon the active element, the active action; and

automatically generating the selectable graphical user interface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein

the guest screen is displayed by the client concurrently with the presentation host displaying the host screen.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein

the active element is a hyperlink, and

selection of the selectable graphical user interface directs the guest screen to data referenced by the hyperlink.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein

the guest screen data includes host metadata, and

the host metadata identifies a location of the active elements.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein

the location of the active element identified by the host metadata is used to identify the passive element corresponding to the active element.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein

the host metadata is generated by the server.

8. A client, comprising:

a hardware processor configured to initiate;

receiving, by the client and from a server, guest screen data representing an image that includes an active element upon being displayed by a host screen of a presentation host;

presenting, by the client and using the guest screen data, a guest screen corresponding to the host screen;

identifying, within the guest screen data, a passive element corresponding to the active element and presented within the guest screen;

selecting, based upon the identified passive element, a selectable graphical user interface;

overlaying, in the guest screen, the passive element with the selectable graphical user interface, wherein

the active element, upon being selected within the host screen, causes an active action to be performed by the presentation host, and

the selectable graphical user interface, upon being selected within the guest screen, causes the client to perform a client-side action equivalent to the active action.

9. The client of claim 8, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to initiate:

detecting a region of the guest screen data;

converting the region into textual data;

determining that the textual data represents the active element;

identifying, based upon the active element, the active action; and

automatically generating the selectable graphical user interface.

10. The client of claim 8, wherein

the guest screen is displayed by the client concurrently with the presentation host displaying the host screen.

11. The client of claim 8, wherein

the active element is a hyperlink, and

selection of the selectable graphical user interface directs the guest screen to data referenced by the hyperlink.

12. The client of claim 8, wherein

the guest screen data includes host metadata, and

the host metadata identifies a location of the active elements.

13. The client of claim 12, wherein

the location of the active element identified by the host metadata is used to identify the passive element corresponding to the active element.

14. The client of claim 12, wherein

the host metadata is generated by the server.

15. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code stored therein,

the computer readable program code, which when executed by a hardware client, causes the client to perform;

receiving, by the client and from a server, guest screen data representing an image that includes an active element upon being displayed by a host screen of a presentation host;

presenting, by the client and using the guest screen data, a guest screen corresponding to the host screen;

identifying, within the guest screen data, a passive element corresponding to the active element and presented within the guest screen;

selecting, based upon the identified passive element, a selectable graphical user interface;

overlaying, in the guest screen, the passive element with the selectable graphical user interface, wherein

the active element, upon being selected within the host screen, causes an active action to be performed by the presentation host, and

the selectable graphical user interface, upon being selected within the guest screen, causes the client to perform a client-side action equivalent to the active action.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the hardware processor is further configured to initiate:

detecting a region of the guest screen data;

converting the region into textual data;

determining that the textual data represents the active element;

identifying, based upon the active element, the active action; and

automatically generating the selectable graphical user interface.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein

the guest screen is displayed by the client concurrently with the presentation host displaying the host screen.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein

the active element is a hyperlink, and

selection of the selectable graphical user interface directs the guest screen to data referenced by the hyperlink.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein

the guest screen data includes host metadata, and

the host metadata identifies a location of the active elements.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein

the location of the active element identified by the host metadata is used to identify the passive element corresponding to the active element.