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Configuring, controlling and monitoring computers using mobile devices

  • US 10,091,197 B2
  • Filed: 01/06/2016
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method employing two computer systems, the first computer system including a display screen and a keyboard, the second computer system including a display screen and a camera, the method comprising acts of:

  • (a) capturing imagery from the display screen of the first computer system with the camera of the second computer system, while the display screen of the first computer system presents on-going work by a user thereof;

    (b) by reference to the captured imagery, determining first key data by applying a steganographic decoding process to the captured imagery to extract the first key data therefrom;

    (c) at the second computer system, encrypting a message using said first key data, and transmitting the encrypted message to the first computer system; and

    (d) as a consequence of said transmitting, receiving diagnostic information from the first computer system at the second computer system, and presenting said diagnostic information on the display screen of the second computer system;

    wherein the display screen of the first computer system is used in obtaining diagnostic information for said first computer system, without removing the user'"'"'s on-going work from the first computer system display screen, and without use of the first computer system keyboard.

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