Method and apparatus for displaying data patterns in information systems
First Claim
1. In an information processing system including a host system interconnected to a remote system via a communication link, a method of updating a remote display device associated with said remote system to fill at least a portion of a display area on the display device with a tiled pattern including repetitions of a tile image data stored at the host system, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) the host system determining the number of repetitions of the tile image data to fill said portion of the display area and transmitting display information to the remote system via the communication link, the display information including;
(1) said tile image data; and
(2) replication information including;
(i) information representing a number of repetitions of said tile image data to fill said portion of said display area, and (ii) coordinate data representing the position of the display area on the display device; and
(b) the remote system receiving the display information and generating said tile pattern by performing steps including;
(1) storing the tile image data in a frame buffer starting at a location corresponding to a coordinate location within the display area relative to said display area coordinate data; and
(2) replicating the tile image data into the frame buffer based on the replication information until said portion of the display area is filled with said tiled pattern.
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Abstract
A method of updating a remote display device associated with a remote system to fill at least a portion of a display area on the display device with a tiled pattern including repetitions of a tile image data stored at a host system interconnected to the remote system via a communication link. The host system determines the number of replications of the tile image data to fill the display area and transmits display information to the remote system via the communication link, including: the tile image data; a number of repetitions of said tile image data to fill said portion of said display area; and coordinate data representing the position of the display area on the display device. The remote system receives the display information and generates the tile pattern by performing steps including: storing the tile image data starting at a location in an on-screen frame buffer corresponding to a coordinate location within the display area relative to said display area coordinate data; and copying the tile image data into the frame buffer until said portion of the display area is filled with said tiled pattern.
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26 Claims
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1. In an information processing system including a host system interconnected to a remote system via a communication link, a method of updating a remote display device associated with said remote system to fill at least a portion of a display area on the display device with a tiled pattern including repetitions of a tile image data stored at the host system, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) the host system determining the number of repetitions of the tile image data to fill said portion of the display area and transmitting display information to the remote system via the communication link, the display information including;
(1) said tile image data; and
(2) replication information including;
(i) information representing a number of repetitions of said tile image data to fill said portion of said display area, and (ii) coordinate data representing the position of the display area on the display device; and
(b) the remote system receiving the display information and generating said tile pattern by performing steps including;
(1) storing the tile image data in a frame buffer starting at a location corresponding to a coordinate location within the display area relative to said display area coordinate data; and
(2) replicating the tile image data into the frame buffer based on the replication information until said portion of the display area is filled with said tiled pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 25, 26)
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9. In an information processing system including a host system interconnected to a remote system via a communication link, a method of updating a remote display device associated with said remote system to fill at least a portion of a display area on the display device with a tiled pattern including repetitions of a tile image data stored at the host system, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) the host system determining the number of repetitions of the tile image data to fill said portion of the display area and transmitting display information to the remote system via the communication link, the display information including;
(1) said tile image data; and
(2) replication information including;
(i) replication commands corresponding to a number of repetitions of said tile image data to fill said portion of said display area, and (ii) a coordinate location on the display device for each repetition of the tile image; and
(b) the remote system receiving the display information and generating said tile pattern by performing steps including;
(1) storing the tile image data in a frame buffer starting at a location corresponding to a coordinate location within the display area relative to said display area coordinate data; and
(2) replicating the tile image data into the frame buffer at locations corresponding to said coordinate locations on the display device in response to the replication commands until said portion of the display area is filled with said tiled pattern. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An information processing system including a host system interconnected to a remote system via a communication link for updating a remote display device associated with said remote system to fill at least a portion of a display area on the display device with a tiled pattern including repetitions of a tile image data stored at the host system, wherein:
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the host system is configured by program instructions for determining the number of repetitions of the tile image data to fill the display area and for transmitting display information to the remote system via the communication link, the display information including;
(a) said tile image data; and
(b) replication information including;
(1) information representing a number of repetitions of said tile image data to fill said portion of said display area, and (2) coordinate data representing the position of the display area on the display device; and
the remote system is configured by program instructions for receiving the display information and generating said tile pattern by performing steps including;
(c) storing the tile image data in a frame buffer starting at a location corresponding to a coordinate location within the display area relative to said display area coordinate data; and
(d) replicating the tile image data into the frame buffer based on the replication information until said portion of the display area is filled with said tiled pattern. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In an information processing system including a host system interconnected to a remote system via a communication link, a display system for updating a remote display device associated with said remote system to fill at least a portion of a display area on the display device with a tiled pattern including repetitions of a tile image data stored at the host system, the display system comprising:
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means at the host system for determining the number of replications of the tile image data to fill the display area, means for transmitting display information from the host system to the remote system via the communication link, the display information including;
(a) said tile image data;
(b) replication information including;
(1) replication commands corresponding to a number of repetitions of said tile image data to fill said portion of said display area, and (2) a coordinate location on the display device for each repetition of the tile image; and
means for receiving the display information in the remote system for receiving and generating said tile pattern including;
(c) means for storing the tile image data in a frame buffer starting at a location corresponding to a coordinate location within the display area relative to said display area coordinate data; and
(d) means for replicating the tile image data into the frame buffer at locations corresponding to said coordinate locations on the display device in response to the replication commands until said portion of the display area is filled with said tiled pattern. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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