IP Library Granted Patent US 10,437,549
Granted Patent B2
US 10,437,549 · App. 15/680,242 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Selective screen sharing

Inventor: Sheetal Deenadayal (Bangalore, IN)
Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
G06F3/1454G06F21/10G06F21/84G06T5/002G06T11/60G06T2200/24
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Patent No.
US 10,437,549
App. No.
15/680,242
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are various examples for selective screen sharing. In one example, a computing device determines an area to obscure within a video stream using screen-sharing data. The video stream is generated by applying a transformation to a screen capture. The transformation obscures the area within the video stream. The video stream is transmitted to a destination device. A user-specified modification to the area is obtained. The video stream is updated by applying an updated transformation to the screen capture that obscures the updated area within the video stream.

Claims (46)

1. A system, comprising:

a computing device; and

program instructions executable in the computing device that, when executed, cause the computing device to:

communicate with a destination device to determine that a configurable state of the destination device does not satisfy a compliance rule of a management service;

determine an area of a screen capture to obscure within a video stream based at least in part on the compliance rule of the management service;

generate the video stream by application of a transformation to the screen capture based at least in part on the compliance rule, wherein the transformation obscures the area within the video stream;

transmit the video stream to the destination device;

obtain a user-specified modification to the area of the screen capture to obscure within the video stream; and

after the video stream is transmitted to the destination device, update the video stream by application of an updated transformation to the screen capture based at least in part on the user-specified modification, wherein the updated transformation obscures an updated area within the video stream based at least in part on the user-specified modification.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein when executed the program instructions further cause the computing device to:

obtain a user-specified annotation; and

update the video stream to include the user-specified annotation.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the area includes an entirety of the screen capture and the user-specified modification defines a user-specified area to permit within the video stream.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user-specified modification defines a user-specified area to obscure within the video stream, and the updated area includes the area and the user-specified area.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transformation comprises application of an opaque layer over the area based at least in part on the compliance rule.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transformation comprises application of a Gaussian blur to the area based at least in part on the compliance rule.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a display device of the computing device, and wherein when executed the program instructions further cause the computing device to indicate the area on the display device by application of a translucent layer over the area.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

communicating with a destination device to determine that a configurable state of the destination device does not satisfy a compliance rule of a management service;

determining an area of a screen capture to obscure within a video stream based at least in part on the compliance rule of the management service;

generating the video stream by application of a transformation to the screen capture based at least in part on the compliance rule, wherein the transformation obscures the area within the video stream;

transmitting the video stream to the destination device;

obtaining a user-specified modification to the area of the screen capture to obscure within the video stream; and

updating the video stream by application of an updated transformation to the screen capture based at least in part on the user-specified modification, wherein the updated transformation obscures an updated area within the video stream based at least in part on the user-specified modification.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

obtaining a user-specified annotation; and

updating the video stream to include the user-specified annotation.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the area includes an entirety of the screen capture and the user-specified modification defines a user-specified area to permit within the video stream.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user-specified modification defines a user-specified area to obscure within the video stream, and the updated area includes the area and the user-specified area.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the transformation comprises application of an opaque layer over the area based at least in part on the compliance rule.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the transformation comprises application of a Gaussian blur to the area based at least in part on the compliance rule.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying program instructions executable in a computing device that, when executed, cause the computing device to:

communicate with a destination device to determine that a configurable state of the destination device does not satisfy a compliance rule of a management service;

determine an area of a screen capture to obscure within a video stream based at least in part on the compliance rule of the management service;

generate the video stream by application of a transformation to the screen capture based at least in part on the compliance rule, wherein the transformation obscures the area within the video stream;

transmit the video stream to the destination device;

obtain a user-specified modification to the area of the screen capture to obscure within the video stream; and

update the video stream by application of an updated transformation to the screen capture based at least in part on the user-specified modification, wherein the updated transformation obscures an updated area within the video stream based at least in part on the user-specified modification.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein when executed the program instructions further cause the computing device to:

obtain a user-specified annotation; and

update the video stream to include the user-specified annotation.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the area includes an entirety of the screen capture and the user-specified modification defines a user-specified area to permit within the video stream.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the user-specified modification defines a user-specified area to obscure within the video stream, and the updated area includes the area and the user-specified area.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the transformation comprises application of an opaque layer over the area based at least in part on the compliance rule.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the transformation comprises application of a Gaussian blur to the area based at least in part on the compliance rule.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein when executed the program instructions further cause the computing device to indicate the area on a display device of the computing device by application of a translucent layer over the area.

Assignments (4)
PATENT ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 5, 2024
From: VMWARE LLC
To: OMNISSA, LLC
Reel/Frame 068327/0365 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2024
From: OMNISSA, LLC
To: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH
Reel/Frame 068118/0004 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 15, 2024
From: VMWARE, INC.
To: VMWARE LLC
Reel/Frame 067102/0395 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2017
From: DEENADAYAL, SHEETAL
To: VMWARE, INC.
Reel/Frame 043331/0232 →
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