DESKTOP SHARING METHOD AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. In a distributed computer network where displayed information is shared between at least two computers, a method of enabling remote control of a host computer having a display region that is to be shared with at least one client computer, comprising:
- while the host computer is under local control, tracking time lapsed since a local user input event has occurred;
in the event that the time lapsed exceeds a threshold, enabling remote control of the host computer by a client computer.
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Abstract
In a distributed computer network where displayed information is shared between at least two computers, a method of enabling remote control of a host computer having a display region that is to be shared with at least one client computer. The method includes tracking time lapsed since a local user input event has occurred while the host computer is under local control and in the event that the time lapsed exceeds a threshold, enabling remote control of the host computer by a client computer.
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14 Claims
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1. In a distributed computer network where displayed information is shared between at least two computers, a method of enabling remote control of a host computer having a display region that is to be shared with at least one client computer, comprising:
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while the host computer is under local control, tracking time lapsed since a local user input event has occurred; in the event that the time lapsed exceeds a threshold, enabling remote control of the host computer by a client computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A desktop sharing application, comprising:
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a shared display region; said desktop sharing application being dynamically conditionable between a host mode, wherein said shared display region displays a shared region of the desktop of a host computer upon which the desktop sharing application is executing, and a client mode, wherein said shared display region displays a shared region of the desktop of a client computer executing the desktop sharing application conditioned in host mode with which said desktop sharing application is in communication; said desktop sharing application in said host mode tracking time lapsed since a local user input event on said host computer and in the event that time lapsed exceeds a threshold, enabling remote control of said host computer by a client computer.
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14. In a distributed computer network where displayed information is shared between at least two computers, a method of remotely controlling a shared desktop comprising:
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sharing a region of a desktop on a host computer with a client computer; receiving a request from the client computer to remotely control the host computer'"'"'s desktop; and in the event that a time lapsed since a local user input activity on the host computer has exceeded a threshold, enabling remote control of the host computer by the client computer.
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