Systems and methods for remotely managing an application-specific display device
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1. A communications device comprising:
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an embedded application-specific device driver for an application-specific display, wherein the embedded application-specific device driver executes on the processor and is configured to communicate data with a communication (COM) port via a serial port and to provide a video signal to the application-specific display;
a COM port server that, together with a COM port client located on a separate device, establishes COM port redirection over a network and communicates with a serial port;
a virtual serial port application connected between and co-located with the embedded application-specific device driver and the COM port server, wherein the virtual serial port application translates data communicated between the COM port server and the embedded application-specific device driver; and
an embedded remote access application that executes on the processor and is configured to provide remote access to the application-specific display to a client on a separate device by communicating display data via the network.
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Abstract
A communications device comprising an embedded application-specific device driver for an application-specific display and an embedded remote access application that execute on a processor. The embedded application-specific device driver is configured to communicate data with a communication (COM) port via a serial port and to provide a video signal to the application-specific display. The embedded remote access application is configured to remotely access the application-specific display and to communicate display data via a network.
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1. A communications device comprising:
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a processor; an embedded application-specific device driver for an application-specific display, wherein the embedded application-specific device driver executes on the processor and is configured to communicate data with a communication (COM) port via a serial port and to provide a video signal to the application-specific display; a COM port server that, together with a COM port client located on a separate device, establishes COM port redirection over a network and communicates with a serial port; a virtual serial port application connected between and co-located with the embedded application-specific device driver and the COM port server, wherein the virtual serial port application translates data communicated between the COM port server and the embedded application-specific device driver; and an embedded remote access application that executes on the processor and is configured to provide remote access to the application-specific display to a client on a separate device by communicating display data via the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A communications system comprising:
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a communications device including; a processor; an embedded application-specific device driver for an application-specific display, wherein the embedded application-specific device driver executes on the processor and is configured to communicate data with a communication (COM) port via a serial port and to provide a video signal to the application-specific display; an embedded remote access application that executes on the processor and is configured to provide remote access to the application-specific display and to communicate display data via a network; and a COM port server that, together with a COM port client, establishes COM port redirection over the network and communicates with a serial port; a virtual serial port application connected between and co-located with the embedded application-specific device driver and the COM port server, wherein the virtual serial port application translates data communicated between the COM port server and the embedded application-specific device driver; and a host computer, configured to communicate with the embedded remote access application over the network and to remotely access the application-specific display via the embedded remote access application, wherein the host computer includes a COM port client to establish COM port redirection over the network with the COM port server. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a communications device including; a processor; an embedded application-specific device driver for an application-specific display, wherein the embedded application-specific device driver executes on the processor and is configured to communicate data with a communication (COM) port via a serial port and to provide a video signal to the application-specific display; a COM port server that, together with a COM port client, establishes COM port redirection over a network and communicates with a serial port; a virtual serial port application connected between and co-located with the embedded application-specific device driver and the COM port server, wherein the virtual serial port application translates data communicated between the COM port server and the embedded application-specific device driver; and an embedded remote access application that executes on the processor and is configured to provide remote access to the application-specific display to a client on a separate device by communicating display data via the network; and a display to be coupled to the communications device. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A method of remotely monitoring a display using a computer system, the method comprising:
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embedding an application-specific device driver for an application-specific display in a communications device, wherein the application-specific device driver communicates via a serial port; establishing communication (COM) port redirection software, wherein establishing includes initiating a COM port server on the communications device and a COM port client on a host computer communicatively coupled to the communications device via a network; emulating at least one serial port driver on the communications device to translate data communicated between the COM port server and the embedded application-specific driver; and embedding a remote access application in the same communications device as the application-specific device driver, the COM port server, and the emulated serial port driver to provide access to the application-specific display over the network to a client on a separate device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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