Digital workspace sharing over one or more display clients in proximity of a main client

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11956289-B2
Application number	US-202318222900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2023
Priority date	May 7, 2020
Publication date	Apr 9, 2024
Grant date	Apr 9, 2024

Abstract

Systems and techniques are provided for a digital collaborative workspace system. The system includes a server network node having a processor and a database accessible thereto. The server network node can include logic to register a first display identification code (DIC) with a first network node, a second DIC with a second network node and a third DIC with a third network node. The server network node can detect an input from a second user identifying the shared workspace and the registered phone number or other identifier of the first user. The server network node can transmit this data to the third network node and in dependence upon receiving a selection of one or more of the first DIC, the second DIC, and the third DIC from the third network node, start a collaboration by sending the shared digital workspace to the network nodes registered with the selected DICs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method implemented by a server node, the method comprising:
storing a database including mapping information mapping a registered phone number or other unique identifier of a first user to (i) a first display identification code (DIC) registered with a first node and (ii) a second DIC registered with a second node;
receiving information from a second user identifying (i) a shared digital workspace and (ii) the registered phone number or other unique identifier of the first user;
transmitting, to the second node of the first user, an identification of the shared digital workspace and an identification of each of the first DIC and the second DIC that is mapped to the registered phone number or other unique identifier in the mapping information; and
in dependence upon receiving information identifying a selection of one or more of the first DIC and the second DIC from the second node, sending data of the shared digital workspace to each of the first node and the second node that is registered with the selected one or more of the first DIC and the second DIC.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, registering (i) the first DIC with the first node and (ii) the second DIC with the second node of the first user.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, registering the phone number or other unique identifier of the first user with the first node and the second node.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the second node of the first user, a user-configured mapping of the registered phone number or other unique identifier of the first user to the first and second DICs; and
updating the mapping information in the database to include the user-configured mapping of the registered phone number or other unique identifier of the first user to the first and second DICs.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the user-configured mapping of the registered phone number or other unique identifier includes user defined names associated with each of the first and second DICs.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the received information identifying the selection of one or more of the first DIC and the second DIC identifies a selection of one or more of the user defined names associated with each of the first and second DICs.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that one or more matches exist when the registered phone number or other unique identifier of the first user, as included in the received information from the second user, is mapped to one or more of the first and second DICs in the mapping information,
wherein the identification of the first DIC is only transmitted to the first node upon a determination that a match exists between the registered phone number or other unique identifier and the first DIC, and
wherein the identification of the second DIC is only transmitted to the second node upon a determination that a match exists between the registered phone number or other unique identifier and the second DIC.

8. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the database includes an indication that the second node of the first user is a main communication node of the first user, and
wherein the identification of the shared digital workspace and the identification of each of the first DIC and the second DIC is transmitted to the second node in dependence upon the second node being identified, in the database, as the main communication node of the first user.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second node is a mobile communication device.

10. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the mapping information of the database identifies a location of the first node registered with the first DIC, and
wherein the server node comprises further logic to (i) determine a location of the first user and (ii) transmit, to the second node of the first user, an identification of the shared digital workspace and an identification of (i) the first DIC, only when the location of the first node registered with the first DIC sufficiently matches the location of the first user.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
registering a third DIC with a third node of the second user; and
registering a phone number or other unique identifier of the second user with the third node, wherein the mapping information maps the registered phone number or other unique identifier of the second user to the third DIC,
wherein, prior to the transmitting of the identification of the shared digital workspace and the identification of each of the first DIC and the second DIC to the second node of the first user, the phone number or other unique identifier of the second user, as received from the second user, is matched with the third DIC.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mapping information includes user defined names associated with each of the first and second DICs.

13. A server node, comprising:
a processor and a database accessible thereto, the database storing a shared digital workspace, the server node comprising logic, executable by the processor, to perform operations comprising:
storing in the database, a mapping information mapping a registered phone number or other unique identifier of a first user to (i) a first display identification code (DIC) registered with a first node and (ii) a second DIC registered with a second node;
receiving information from a second user identifying (i) the shared digital workspace and (ii) the registered phone number or other unique identifier of the first user;
transmitting, to the second node of the first user, an identification of the shared digital workspace and an identification of each of the first DIC and the second DIC that is mapped to the registered phone number or other unique identifier in the mapping information; and
in dependence upon receiving information identifying a selection of one or more of the first DIC and the second DIC from the second node, sending data of the shared digital workspace to each of the first node and the second node that is registered with the selected one or more of the first DIC and the second DIC.

14. The server node of claim 13 , further implementing operations comprising, registering (i) the first DIC with the first node and (ii) the second DIC with the second node of the first user.

15. The server node of claim 13 , further implementing operations comprising, registering the phone number or other unique identifier of the first user with the first node and the second node.

16. The server node of claim 13 , further implementing operations comprising:
receiving, from the second node of the first user, a user-configured mapping of the registered phone number or other unique identifier of the first user to the first and second DICs; and
updating the mapping information in the database to include the user-configured mapping of the registered phone number or other unique identifier of the first user to the first and second DICs.

17. The server node of claim 16 , wherein the user-configured mapping of the registered phone number or other unique identifier includes user defined names associated with each of the first and second DICs.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having computer instructions recorded thereon, the computer instructions, when executed on one or more processors, causing the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
storing in a database including mapping information mapping a registered phone number or other unique identifier of a first user to (i) a first display identification code

Assignees

• Haworth Inc

Inventors

• Chanda Rupen

Classifications

• 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

• H04L61/45

  Network directories; Name-to-address mapping · CPC title

• H04L65/1069 Primary

  Session establishment or de-establishment · CPC title

• H04L65/401

  wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference · CPC title

• H04L65/1073

  Registration or de-registration · CPC title