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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING EITHER A COMPUTER DISPLAY SCREEN OR A MEDIA FILE AND SELECTING THEREBETWEEN

  • US 20090235170A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2008
  • Published: 09/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for selectively either (a) playing a media file accessed from a computer on a remote display device connected to a media adapter or (b) masquerading uncompressed pixel-level computer display screen graphics data as a media stream supported by the media adapter to cause the remote display device to substantially clone or extend what appears on at least a portion of a local display screen attached to the computer, the method comprising:

  • sensing when a user enters an input signifying a desire by the user to play a media file on the computer;

    if said input is not sensed, then performing a masquerading process comprising;

    processing the display screen graphics data as the graphics data is generated by the computer, wherein the processing includes compressing, to yield processed display screen graphics data in a compressed format supported by the media adapter;

    packaging the processed display screen graphics data as a media stream;

    configuring the computer to be a media server of the media stream to the media adapter; and

    transmitting the media stream from the computer to the media adapter, thereby facilitating display on the remote display device of the graphics content; and

    if said input is sensed, then performing a file transfer process comprising transmitting the media file from the computer to the media adapter, thereby facilitating display on the remote display device of the video content associated with the media file.

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