Screen sharing management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10165022-B1
Application number	US-201615143372-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Apr 29, 2016
Priority date	Apr 29, 2016
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

A method to manage screen sharing includes receiving a screen sharing request of a shareable interface displayed on a first computing device of a first end user, conducting, in response to the session sharing request, an inventory of secured assets in the shareable interface, and generating a shared interface from the shareable interface. Generating the shared interface includes obtaining a first secured asset in the inventory of the secured assets, modifying the first secured asset based on a first end user permission defined for the first secured asset to generate a modified secured asset, and adding the modified secured asset to the shared interface. The method further includes transmitting the shared interface to a second computing device of a second end user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method to manage screen sharing comprising:
receiving a screen sharing request of a shareable interface displayed on a first computing device of a first end user from a second computing device of a second end user;
maintaining the shareable interface as a document object model;
conducting, in response to the screen sharing request, an inventory of secured assets on the first computing device in the shareable interface;
generating a shared interface from the shareable interface, wherein generating the shared interface comprises:
obtaining a first secured asset in the inventory of the secured assets,
wherein the first secured asset is an image,
determining whether the first secured asset is located on a remote computing device,
downloading the first secured asset from the remote computing device when the first secured asset is determined to be located on the remote computing device,
wherein downloading the first secured asset from the remote computing device is in response to a link element in the document object model of the shareable interface,

obtaining the first secured asset from the first computing device when the first secured asset is not determined to be located on the remote computing device,
determining an asset type of the first secured asset,
determining a first end user permission for the asset type of the first secured asset,
determining whether to perform modification of the first secured asset based on the first end user permission,
modifying the first secured asset based on the first end user permission defined for the first secured asset to generate a first modified secured asset,
wherein modifying the first secured asset comprises blurring the image,

encrypting the first modified secured asset according to a predefined encryption protocol to generate an encrypted modified secured asset,
adding the encrypted modified secured asset to the shared interface by modifying the document object model of the shared interface,
determining whether a second secured asset should be added to the shared interface,
selecting the second secured asset from the inventory when the second secured asset should be added to the shared interface,
obtaining the second secured asset in the inventory of the secured assets,
obtaining a second end user permission defined for the second secured asset to generate a second modified secured asset,
adding the second secured asset to the shared interface without modification based on the second end user permission; and

transmitting the shared interface as the document object model to the second computing device of the second end user,
wherein the encrypted modified secured asset and the second secured asset are displayed by the second computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the shareable interface is in a browser.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first secured asset is obtained from the first computing device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the first secured asset comprises distorting the first secured asset.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code for:
receiving a screen sharing request of a shareable interface displayed on a first computing device of a first end user from a second computing device of a second end user;
maintaining the shareable interface as a document object model;
conducting, in response to the screen sharing request, an inventory of secured assets on the first computing device in the shareable interface;
generating a shared interface from the shareable interface, wherein generating the shared interface comprises:
obtaining a first secured asset in the inventory of the secured assets,
wherein the first secured asset is an image,
determining whether the first secured asset is located on a remote computing device,
downloading the first secured asset from the remote computing device when the first secured asset is determined to be located on the remote computing device,
wherein downloading the first secured asset from the remote computing device is in response to a link element in the document object model of the shareable interface,

obtaining the first secured asset from the first computing device when the first secured asset is not determined to be located on the remote computing device,
determining an asset type of the first secured asset,
determining a first end user permission for the asset type of the first secured asset,
determining whether to perform modification of the first secured asset based on the first end user permission,
modifying the first secured asset based on the first end user permission defined for the first secured asset to generate a first modified secured asset,
wherein modifying the first secured asset comprises blurring the image,

encrypting the first modified secured asset according to a predefined encryption protocol to generate an encrypted modified secured asset,
adding the encrypted modified secured asset to the shared interface by modifying the document object model of the shared interface,
determining whether a second secured asset should be added to the shared interface,
selecting the second secured asset from the inventory when the second secured asset should be added to the shared interface,
obtaining the second secured asset in the inventory of the secured assets,
obtaining a second end user permission defined for the second secured asset to generate a second modified secured asset,
adding the second secured asset to the shared interface without modification based on the second end user permission; and

transmitting the shared interface as the document object model to the second computing device of the second end user,
wherein the encrypted modified secured asset and the second secured asset are displayed by the second computing device.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the shareable interface is in a browser.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the first secured asset is obtained from the first computing device.

8. A system for managing screen sharing comprising:
a first end user computing device comprising a computer processor;
a second end user computing device comprising a computer processor;
a data repository that relates secured assets to a corresponding end user permission; and
a server comprising:
a session manager for:
receiving a screen sharing request of a shareable interface displayed on a first computing device of a first end user from a second computing device of a second end user,
maintaining the shareable interface as a document object model, and
transmitting a shared interface as the document object model to a second computing device of a second end user, and

an asset manager for:
conducting, in response to the screen sharing request, an inventory of secured assets on the first computing device in the shareable interface, and

a security manager for:
generating the shared interface from the shareable interface, wherein generating the shared interface comprises:
obtaining a first secured asset in the inventory of the secured assets,
 wherein the first secured asset is an image,
determining whether the first secured asset is located on a remote computing device,
downloading the first secured asset from the remote computing device when the first secured asset is determined to be located on the remote computing device,
 wherein downloading the first secured asset from the remote computing device is in response to a link element in the document object model of the shareable interface,
obtaining the first secured asset from the first computing device when the first secured asset is not determi

Assignees

• Hubbard Paul
• Huang Clarence
• Eftekhari Amir
• Jeddeloh Andrew
• Intuit Inc

Inventors

• Hubbard Paul
• Huang Clarence
• Eftekhari Amir
• Jeddeloh Andrew

Classifications

• H04L63/102

  Entity profiles · CPC title

• H04L65/403 Primary

  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) · CPC title

• G06F3/0481

  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 title

• G06F3/1454

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title

• G09G2358/00

  Arrangements for display data security · CPC title