Remote monitoring method for computer system

• US 20070250697A1
• Filed: 12/29/2006
• Published: 10/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Original Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Inventors: Chiu, Kai-Feng, Lai, Chien-Chen
• Application Number:
  US11/647,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20070250697A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence

Abstract

A remote monitoring method applied in a monitored computer system and a monitoring computer system, which are connected to a network. The monitored computer system has a microprocessor chip which operates independently. After power is supplied to the monitored computer system, the microprocessor chip starts to capture image data. The image data is properly processed and then stored in the memory. Thereafter, the monitoring computer system reads and displays the image data stored in the memory through the network so that the user can see, on the monitoring computer system, displaying images of the monitored computer system from booting to normal operating, and also can capture a displaying image when the monitored computer system crashes.

Claims

1. A remote monitoring method applied in a monitored computer system and a monitoring computer system which are connected to a network, the monitored computer system having a signal capturing unit and a memory, the method comprising the steps of:

enabling the signal capturing unit to start to capture image data after power is supplied to the monitored computer system;

enabling the signal capturing unit to compress the image data into compressed image data and store the compressed image data to the memory; and

enabling the monitoring computer system to read the compressed image data through the network and to display the compressed image data as an image frame.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

converting an image format of the image data before the step of enabling the signal capturing unit to compress the image data into the compressed image data and store the compressed image data to the memory.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring computer system displays the image frame on a network browser.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the signal capturing unit captures the image data from a display unit of the monitored computer system when the image data is image data of the monitored computer system, and the signal capturing unit and the display unit are integrated together.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the signal capturing unit receives the image data, which is exterior image data coming from another computer system, through a connection interface.