REMOTE DISPLAY REMOTE CONTROL

• US 20100169791A1
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Want, Roy, Pering, Trevor, Lyons, Kenton M.
• Application Number:
  US12/347,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169791A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/740
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A Remote Display Protocol (RDP) server, such as a hand-held mobile device, may control various aspects of the RDP client, such as a large display. For example, if a user wishes to use a RDP system to project the display from their laptop computer onto a large-screen display mounted in a conference room, embodiments would allow the user to control aspects of the remote client such as location, size, and full-screen treatment.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a source device, comprising a computer running a remote display protocol (RDP) server application;

a first display associated with the source device to display source information;

a shared device, comprising a computer running a RDP client application;

a second display associated with the shared device; and

an interface associated with the source device to control the size and position of the source information on the second display.

2. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein the source device is a mobile computer.

3. The apparatus as recited in claim 2 wherein the second display of the shared device is larger than the first display.

4. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of source devices each having an interface to control the position of the source information on the second display.

5. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein the source information from the first source display is repositioned based on information from a second source device.

6. The apparatus as recited in claim 4 wherein each of the plurality of sources devices displays source information in one of a plurality of tiled windows on the second display.

7. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein the interface allows the client to control the position and size of the source information on the second display.

8. A method, comprising:

running a server remote display protocol (RDP) on a source device having a first display;

running a client RDP on a target device having a second display; and

controlling the positioning of information on the first display on the second display from the source device.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the source device is a mobile computer.

10. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein the second display is larger than the first display.

11. The method as recited in claim 8 further comprising:

sharing the second display amongst a plurality of source devices.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 further comprising:

allowing each of the plurality of source devices to control the positioning of a window amongst a plurality of windows on the second display.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 further comprising:

allowing each of the plurality of source devices to control the size of the window on the second display.

14. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein the source information from the first source display is repositioned based on information from a second source device.

15. The method as recited in claim 12 wherein the plurality of widows are tiled and each comprise a display from a different source device.

16. A system, comprising:

a mobile computing device having a smaller display for displaying information;

a target device comprising a larger display;

a remote display protocol (RDP) running on the mobile computing device and on the target device;

the RDP running on the mobile computing device providing an interface to allow a user to control the target device;

the RDP running on the target device providing a window to be displayed on the larger display containing the information from the mobile computing device.

17. The system as recited in claim 16, further comprising:

a plurality of mobile computing devices each having its own window for displaying information on the larger display.

18. The system as recited in claim 17 wherein each of the plurality of mobile computing devices controls the size and positioning of its own window on the larger display.

19. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the target device requests a password from the source device.