Method for real-time monitoring a remote control process by a third party and system thereof

• US 8,001,238 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2008
• Issued: 08/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Legend Holdings Limited, Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Legend Holdings Limited, Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hong, Lei, Ye, Shuaimin, Li, Huiming, Gao, Feng
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Haresh N
• Application Number:
  US12/103,737
• Publication Number:
  US 20080263201A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,217 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-228, 719/323, 715/778
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

The invention relates to a remote monitor technique. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for real-time monitoring a remote control process by a third party and a system thereof, which are able to third-party monitor a control terminal and a controlled terminal in the remote control process. The method comprises steps of establishing a connection between a control terminal and a third party monitoring terminal; arranging the control terminal, the controlled terminal and the third party monitoring terminal in one and the same session based on the connection; the controlled terminal sending its desktop video to the third party monitoring terminal via a virtual display driver; and the third party monitoring terminal sending a predetermined control strategy to the controlled terminal.

Claims

1. A method for real-time monitoring a remote control process between a control terminal and a controlled terminal by a third party, comprising steps of:

establishing a connection between the controlled terminal and a third party monitoring terminal;

arranging the control terminal, the controlled terminal and the third party monitoring terminal in a single session based on the connection;

the controlled terminal sending its desktop video to the third party monitoring terminal via a virtual display driver;

the third party monitoring terminal sending a predetermined control strategy to the controlled terminal, so as to restrict the control terminal'"'"'s access and control of the controlled terminal;

the controlled terminal receiving the access control strategy from the third party monitoring terminal; and

the control terminal controlling the controlled terminal based on the access control strategy.

2. The method according to the claim 1, further comprising a step of:

the controlled terminal authenticating the third party monitoring terminal before the controlled terminal sending its desktop video to the third party monitoring terminal via the virtual display driver.

3. The method according to the claim 1, wherein the controlled terminal assigns its session with the control terminal to the third party monitoring terminal.

4. The method according to the claim 1, further comprising a step of:

the controlled terminal sending its desktop video to the control terminal via the virtual video driver.

5. A system for real-time monitoring a remote control process between a control terminal and a controlled terminal by a third party, comprising:

at least one control terminal;

at least one controlled terminal for connecting the at least one control terminal via a network, being controlled by the at least one control terminal, and assigning a session with the control terminal to the third party monitoring terminal; and

at least one third party monitoring terminal for connecting the at least one controlled terminal via the network, and sending a predetermined access control strategy to the controlled terminal, so as to restrict the control terminal'"'"'s access and control of the controlled terminal;

wherein the controlled terminal receives the access control strategy from the third party monitoring terminal, and the control terminal controls the controlled terminal based on the access control strategy.

6. The system according to the claim 5, wherein the controlled terminal authenticates the third party monitoring terminal before the controlled terminal sends its desktop video to the third party monitoring terminal via the virtual display driver.

7. The system according to the claim 5, wherein the controlled terminal assigns its session with the control terminal to the third party monitoring terminal.

8. The system according to the claim 5, wherein the controlled terminal sends its desktop video to the control terminal via the virtual video driver.