DISPLAYING A WINDOW OF A REMOTE DESKTOP COMPUTER ON A MOBILE DEVICE WITH A NATIVE LAYOUT

• US 20200133616A1
• Filed: 10/31/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: ZONG, Dong Jun, LIU, Da Li, WANG, Yue, XING, Jing, ZHANG, Jian Fang, HUO, Qi Feng
• Granted Patent: US 11,579,830 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/391 Resolution modifying circuits, e.g. variable screen formats

Abstract

Embodiments generally enable a mobile device to display a window of a remote desktop on a mobile device with a native layout. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a remote desktop display request from a mobile client device, wherein the remote desktop display request includes display information of the mobile client device. The method further includes generating a copy of a window process of a remote desktop computer. The method further includes generating a virtual display based at least in part on the copy of the window process of the remote desktop computer and on the display information of the mobile client device. The method further includes sending virtual display information to the mobile client device based at least in part on the virtual display.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor and a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a remote desktop display request from a mobile client device, wherein the remote desktop display request includes display information of the mobile client device;

generating a copy of a window process of a remote desktop computer;

generating a virtual display based at least in part on the copy of the window process of the remote desktop computer and on the display information of the mobile client device; and

sending virtual display information to the mobile client device based at least in part on the virtual display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the display information includes a size of the mobile device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the display information includes a resolution of the mobile device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the copy of the window process is based on a fork operation.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein a resolution of the remote desktop computer is preserved so as to allow for other mobile client devices to access the remote desktop computer.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual display information includes frame buffer information.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor further performs operations comprising invoking a frame buffer manager of the remote desktop computer, wherein the frame buffer manager communicates with a frame buffer manager of the mobile client device.

8. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a remote desktop display request from a mobile client device, wherein the remote desktop display request includes display information of the mobile client device;

generating a copy of a window process of a remote desktop computer;

generating a virtual display based at least in part on the copy of the window process of the remote desktop computer and on the display information of the mobile client device; and

sending virtual display information to the mobile client device based at least in part on the virtual display.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the display information includes a size of the mobile device.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the display information includes a resolution of the mobile device.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the copy of the window process is based on a fork operation.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein a resolution of the remote desktop computer is preserved so as to allow for other mobile client devices to access the remote desktop computer.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the virtual display information includes frame buffer information.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor further performs operations comprising invoking a frame buffer manager of the remote desktop computer, wherein the frame buffer manager communicates with a frame buffer manager of the mobile client device.

15. A computer-implemented method for displaying a window of a remote desktop on a mobile device with a native layout, the method comprising:

receiving a remote desktop display request from a mobile client device, wherein the remote desktop display request includes display information of the mobile client device;

generating a copy of a window process of a remote desktop computer;

generating a virtual display based at least in part on the copy of the window process of the remote desktop computer and on the display information of the mobile client device; and

sending virtual display information to the mobile client device based at least in part on the virtual display.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the display information includes a size of the mobile device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the display information includes a resolution of the mobile device.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the copy of the window process is based on a fork operation.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein a resolution of the remote desktop computer is preserved so as to allow for other mobile client devices to access the remote desktop computer.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the virtual display information includes frame buffer information.