Method for delivering graphic intensive web type content to thin clients

• US 20100199196A1
• Filed: 09/03/2009
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thompson Aerospace
• Original Assignee: Thompson Aerospace
• Inventors: Thompson, Mark Stephen
• Application Number:
  US12/553,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20100199196A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/12 Protocol engines

Abstract

A method and apparatus to provide graphic intensive web type content to a microprocessor base terminal that includes a screen and input device(s), herein after referred to as a thin client, with a fast refresh rate. To achieve this, content is preprocessed into a picture type of web like page, such as JPEG, specific for each type of client. Additionally, this method requires the thin client to be attached to content server over a high speed network connection or has a fast connection to locally stored content.

Claims

1. A utility to provide graphic images, text images, and moving images on a thin client in a format specific to the client and to mimic an HTML, FLASH, Java, or similar implementations user experience.

2. The utility according to claim 1, wherein the thin client that has a type of acceleration to reduce the load on the CPU wherein the acceleration could be a JPEG decoder.

3. The utility according to claim 1, wherein the thin client that has a type of acceleration to reduce the load on the CPU wherein the acceleration could be a MPEG player.

4. The utility according to claim 1, wherein the thin client that has a type of acceleration to reduce the load on the CPU wherein the acceleration could be a Quick Time.

5. The utility according to claim 1, wherein the thin client that has a type of acceleration to reduce the load on the CPU wherein the acceleration could be another type of digital movie player.

6. The utility according to claim 1, wherein the thin client that has a type of acceleration to reduce the load on the CPU wherein the acceleration could be any type of hardware acceleration capable of producing a graphics images.

7. The utility of claim 1, wherein the thin client has a function to overlay an OSD over the top of a rendered image.

8. The utility of claim 7, wherein the OSD could provide both text and graphics to mimic a web based experience.

9. The utility of claim 7, wherein the user could enter information using the OSD function

10. The utility of claim 1, wherein the attachment to the stowage content provides a fast and short delay in content transmission.

11. The utility of claims 9 and 10, wherein the thin client is directly attached to content in a fast stowage device.

12. The utility of claim 11, wherein the thin client graphical display content is correctly formatted for the thin client to provide a rich user experience thru usage of claim 1, and claim 9.

13. The utility of claim 12, the content would be preprocessed in a format to provide for a rich user experience based on the specific hardware in the client.

14. The utility of claim 1, wherein the thin client graphical display content is created in real time by a processing device and provided over a fast network.

15. The utility of claim 14, wherein the thin client graphical display content has been correctly format for the thin client to provide a rich user experience thru usage of claim 1, and claim 9.

16. The utility of claim 1, wherein the local area network has any number of thin clients attached over a fast network, speeds greater than 10 Mb/s.

17. The utility of claim 1, wherein the wide area network has any number of thin clients attached over a fast network, speeds greater than 10 Mb/s.

18. The utility of claim 10 thru claim 18, wherein a server device capable of serving up large continuous files very fast to thin clients.

19. The utility of claim 19, wherein the server device would use solid state stowage to reduce access and seeks times in lieu of spinning media.