System and method for sharing display screen between information processing apparatuses
First Claim
1. A system for sharing a display screen, comprising:
- a server information processing apparatus having a server function to provide a shared display screen to another information processing apparatus; and
a client information processing apparatus having a client function to become a client of said server function, wherein said server function includes;
a virtual display screen generating unit configured to generate a virtual display screen for accommodating the shared display screen; and
a shared display screen acquiring unit configured to acquires image data of at least a portion of the shared display screen displayed on the virtual display screen, and wherein said client function includes;
a shared display screen receiving unit configured to receive the image data from said server function; and
a shared display screen displaying unit configured to display at least a portion of the shared display screen on a shared display screen presenting area in response to the received image data.
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Abstract
A system includes a server information processing apparatus having a server function to provide a shared display screen to another information processing apparatus, and a client information processing apparatus having a client function to become a client of the server function, wherein the server function includes a virtual display screen generating unit configured to generate a virtual display screen for accommodating the shared display screen, and a shared display screen acquiring unit configured to acquires image data of at least a portion of the shared display screen displayed on the virtual display screen, and wherein the client function includes a shared display screen receiving unit configured to receive the image data from the server function, and a shared display screen displaying unit configured to display at least a portion of the shared display screen on a shared display screen presenting area in response to the received image data.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for sharing a display screen, comprising:
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a server information processing apparatus having a server function to provide a shared display screen to another information processing apparatus; and
a client information processing apparatus having a client function to become a client of said server function, wherein said server function includes;
a virtual display screen generating unit configured to generate a virtual display screen for accommodating the shared display screen; and
a shared display screen acquiring unit configured to acquires image data of at least a portion of the shared display screen displayed on the virtual display screen, and wherein said client function includes;
a shared display screen receiving unit configured to receive the image data from said server function; and
a shared display screen displaying unit configured to display at least a portion of the shared display screen on a shared display screen presenting area in response to the received image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of sharing a display screen between a plurality of information processing apparatuses, comprising:
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generating a virtual display screen for accommodating a shared display screen;
acquiring image data of at least a portion of the shared display screen displayed on the virtual display screen; and
transmitting the acquired image data to another information processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine-readable medium having a program embodied therein for causing an information processing apparatus to share a display screen with another information processing apparatus, said program comprising the machine-code steps of:
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generating a virtual display screen for accommodating a shared display screen;
acquiring image data of at least a portion of the shared display screen displayed on the virtual display screen; and
transmitting the acquired image data. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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