Synchronized cursor shared among a number of networked computer systems
First Claim
1. A cursor synchronization system for synchronously displaying a cursor on a plurality of display systems connected together via a network, comprising:
- (A) a plurality of agents, each being coupled to one of the display systems to cause the respective display system to display a compressed cursor movement wherein each of the agents does not generate any control request;
(B) a cursor synchronizer coupled to the agents wherein the cursor synchronizer captures and compresses the cursor movement generated from an external cursor generator within a predetermined time interval, wherein the cursor synchronizer synchronously sends the compressed cursor movement to each of the agents such that the cursor movement is synchronously displayed on each of the display systems with minimized network traffic through the network, wherein the agents only receive the compressed cursor movement from the cursor synchronizer and do not provide any cursor movement or control request input to the cursor synchronizer.
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Abstract
A non-intrusive cursor synchronization system is described that does not change or modify the existing system or application. The cursor synchronization system is used for synchronously displaying a cursor on a plurality of display systems connected together via a network without requiring database or shared memory. The cursor synchronization system includes a plurality of agents, each being coupled to one of the display systems to cause the respective display system to display a consistent cursor movement, and to trigger concurrent execution among a number of existing applications. The cursor synchronization system also includes a cursor synchronizer that captures and compresses the cursor movement generated from one of the display systems within a time interval that is adjustable based on the speed at which the user moves the cursor. The cursor synchronizer synchronously sends the compressed cursor movement to each of the agents such that the cursor movement is synchronously displayed on each of the display systems with minimized network traffic through the network. A method for synchronously displaying a cursor on a plurality of display systems connected together via a network is also described.
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1. A cursor synchronization system for synchronously displaying a cursor on a plurality of display systems connected together via a network, comprising:
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(A) a plurality of agents, each being coupled to one of the display systems to cause the respective display system to display a compressed cursor movement wherein each of the agents does not generate any control request; (B) a cursor synchronizer coupled to the agents wherein the cursor synchronizer captures and compresses the cursor movement generated from an external cursor generator within a predetermined time interval, wherein the cursor synchronizer synchronously sends the compressed cursor movement to each of the agents such that the cursor movement is synchronously displayed on each of the display systems with minimized network traffic through the network, wherein the agents only receive the compressed cursor movement from the cursor synchronizer and do not provide any cursor movement or control request input to the cursor synchronizer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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