Content sharing and storage of a plurality of remotely connected computing devices in physical or virtualized space

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9898589-B2
Application number	US-201715473508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2017
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

An information handling system includes a processor that executes instructions for a content sharing system having mixed operating system capabilities. The processor detects prepaired wireless connectivity remotely connected computing devices, and auto-initiates navigation accessibility within authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system. The information handling system also includes a display for a content sharing system desktop that includes representation of file structures corresponding to a plurality of remotely connected computing devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
executing instructions, via a processor, for a content sharing system having mixed operating system capabilities;
detecting pre-paired wireless connectivity and determining remotely connected computing device authorization for access with the content sharing system;
auto-initiating navigation accessibility within authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system; and
aggregating data files from the authorized remotely connected computing devices and organizing the data files into categories of work-related file designation and personal file designations based on source or content of the data files; and
displaying, via a display device, a content sharing system desktop comprising the data file categories representing file structures corresponding to the authorized remotely connected computing devices;
wherein at least two authorized remotely connected computing devices function via different operating systems.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
detecting pre-paired wireless connectivity for a second group of remotely connected computing devices for viewing files via the content sharing system without authorization for navigation access with the content sharing system.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying, via a display device, a content sharing system desktop comprising device environment-representative windows to provide navigation access to file structures of the plurality of remotely authorized connected computing devices via an operating system conversion protocol.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
initiating an exchange of file content between the plurality of authorized remotely connected computing devices via a drag-and-drop of files between the device environment-representative windows in the content sharing system desktop.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
retrieving screen desktop display data from authorized remote computing devices for redisplay in device environment-representative windows of the content sharing system desktop,
wherein the remote computing device desktops redisplayed are interactive in the device environment-representative windows of the content sharing system desktop.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
executing operations on files from a plurality of the authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system desktop.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
terminating navigation accessibility within authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system upon expiration of a content sharing session.
retrieval of data files from the plurality of remotely connected computing devices for aggregation by the content sharing system;
organizing aggregated data files into categories in the content sharing system according to common characteristics of the aggregated data files.

8. An information handling system comprising:
a processor executing instructions for a content sharing system having mixed operating system capabilities;
the processor detecting pre-paired wireless connectivity and determining remotely connected computing device authorization for access with the content sharing system;
the processor auto-initiating navigation accessibility within a plurality of authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system; and
a display for displaying a content sharing system desktop comprising the data file categories representing file structures corresponding to the authorized remotely connected computing devices,
wherein at least two of the plurality of authorized remotely connected computing devices function via different operating systems.

9. The information handling system of claim 8 further comprising:
the display device displaying environment-representative windows in the content sharing system desktop to provide navigation access to file structures of the plurality of remotely authorized connected computing devices via an operating system conversion protocol.

10. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the navigation accessibility within the plurality of authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system is terminated upon termination of a content sharing session.

11. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the processor further executes instructions to exchange file content between at least two of the plurality of authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system desktop.

12. The information handling system of claim 8 further comprising:
the processor executing operations on a file from one of the plurality of the authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system desktop; and
the display displaying a visual indicator that the operation has been conducted on the content sharing system desktop.

13. The information handling system of claim 12 wherein the visual indicator is a color change to a representation of the file in the content sharing system desktop on which the operations are being executed.

14. The information handling system of claim 8 further comprising:
the processor receiving a command from a first authorized remotely connected computing device to perform an operation on a file from a second authorized remotely connected computing device;
the processor executing the operations on the file from the second authorized remotely connected computing device via the content sharing system; and
the content sharing system accessing a virtual memory to facilitate the operation on file content between the plurality of remotely connected computing devices.

15. An information handling system comprising:
a processor executing instructions for a content sharing system having mixed operating system capabilities;
the processor detecting pre-paired wireless connectivity and determining remotely connected computing device authorization for access with the content sharing system;
the processor auto-initiating navigation accessibility within a plurality of authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system;
a display for displaying a content sharing system desktop comprising data file categories representing file structures corresponding to the authorized remotely connected computing devices;
the processor performing an operation on a file from one of the authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system,
wherein at least two of the plurality of authorized remotely connected computing devices function via different operating systems.

16. The information handling system of claim 15 wherein the content sharing system provides navigation access to the file structures of the plurality of authorized remotely connected computing devices via an operating system conversion protocol.

17. The information handling system of claim 15 further comprising:
the display for displaying a content sharing system desktop comprising a representation of files available to be navigated within the plurality of authorized remotely connected computing devices.

18. The information handling system of claim 15 wherein the content sharing system further organizes files from the plurality of authorized remotely connected computing devices into navigable file structures according to common characteristics of the files from the plurality of authorized remotely connected computing devices.

19. The information handling sys

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Walline Erin K
• Quinn Liam B
• Oneal Sean P

Classifications

• H04M17/10

  Account details or usage · CPC title

• G06F21/6218

  to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database · CPC title

• H04L67/1097

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F21/10 Primary

  Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material (protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16) {; Digital rights management [DRM]} · CPC title

• G06F21/606

  by securing the transmission between two devices or processes · CPC title