Graphic sharing

• US 8,909,801 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2012
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Yuan, Zhijun, Yu, Yangfan
• Primary Examiner(s): Survillo, Oleg
• Application Number:
  US13/522,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20130046813A1
• Time in Patent Office: 963 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/225, 709/229
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• 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: G06T 15/005 General purpose rendering architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1074 for supporting data block transmission mechanisms file transfer H04L67/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82

Abstract

A graphics provider terminal samples, through a graphical interface provided by a Canvas specification, a graphic generated by a web browser of the graphics provider terminal based on the Canvas specification to obtain graphics information according to a preset sampling rate. The graphics provider terminal packs the graphics information to obtain a message packet based on a preset graphics sharing agreement; and sends the message packet to a graphics exchange server through a persistent connection between the graphics provider terminal and the graphics exchange server. The graphics exchange server unpacks the message packet to obtain the graphics information and sends the graphics information to a graphics receiver terminal through a persistent connection between the graphics receiver terminal and the graphics exchange server.

Claims

1. A method performed by one or more processors configured with computer-executable instructions, the method comprising:

setting, by a graphics provider terminal, a preset sampling rate based on a frequency refresh rate of a graphics receiver terminal that is sent by a graphics exchange server;

sampling, by the graphics provider terminal through a graphical interface provided by a Canvas specification, a graphic generated by a web browser of the graphics provider terminal based on the Canvas specification to obtain graphics information according to the preset sampling rate;

packing, by the graphics provider terminal, the graphics information to obtain a message packet based on a preset graphics sharing agreement;

sending, by the graphics provider terminal, the message packet to the graphics exchange server through a persistent connection between the graphics provider terminal and the graphics exchange server;

unpacking, by the graphics exchange server, the message packet to obtain the graphics information;

processing, by the graphics exchange server, the graphics information;

packing, by the graphics exchange server, the graphics information into another message packet;

determining, by the graphics exchange server, a message communication standard supported by the graphics receiver terminal based on handshake information sent by the graphics receiver terminal; and

sending, by the graphics exchange server, the another message packet to the graphics receiver terminal through a persistent connection between the graphics receiver terminal and the graphics exchange server.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the web browser supports an interactive vector graphic and a web animation standard.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the sending, by the graphics provider terminal, the message packet to the graphics exchange server through the persistent connection between the graphics provider terminal and the graphics exchange server comprises:

establishing the persistent connection between the graphics provider terminal and the graphics exchange server through an interface that is provided by a message communication standard supported by the web animation standard.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the sending, by the graphics provider terminal, the message packet to the graphics exchange server through the persistent connection between the graphics provider terminal and the graphics exchange server comprises:

encoding, by the graphics provider terminal, the message packet; and

establishing the persistent connection between the graphics provider terminal and the graphics exchange server through an interface that is provided by a browser-supported message communication standard.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the graphics provider terminal and the graphics receiver terminal are interchangeable.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining that the message communication standard is a communication standard supported by a web animation standard, establishing the persistent connection between the graphics receiver terminal and the graphics exchange server through an interface that is provided by the message communication standard supported by the web animation standard.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining that the message communication standard is a browser-supported message communication standard,

encoding the another message packet; and

establishing the persistent connection between the graphics receiver terminal and the graphics exchange server through an interface that is provided by the browser-supported message communication standard.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the frequency refresh rate of the graphics receiver terminal is included in handshake information sent by the graphics exchange server to the graphics provider terminal.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the determining, by the graphics exchange server, the message communication standard supported by the graphics receiver terminal based on the handshake information sent by the graphics receiver terminal comprises:

in response to determining that the message communication standard is a Flash-supported communication standard, establishing the persistent connection between the graphics receiver terminal and the graphics exchange server through a FlashSocket interface.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the determining, by the graphics exchange server, the message communication standard supported by the graphics receiver terminal based on the handshake information sent by the graphics receiver terminal comprises:

in response to determining that the message communication standard is a browser-supported message communication standard, establishing the persistent connection between the graphics receiver terminal and the graphics exchange server through a WebSocket interface that is provided by the browser-supported message communication standard.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the graphics provider terminal includes the web browser.

12. A system comprising:

a graphics exchange server including one or more processors and memory; and

a graphics provider terminal that;

sets a preset sampling rate based on a frequency refresh rate of a graphics receiver terminal that is sent by the graphics exchange server;

samples, through a graphical interface provided by a Canvas specification, a graphic generated by a web browser of the graphics provider terminal based on the Canvas specification to obtain graphics information according to the preset sampling rate;

packs the graphics information to obtain a message packet based on a preset graphics sharing agreement; and

sends the message packet to the graphics exchange server through a persistent connection between the graphics provider terminal and the graphics exchange server,

wherein the graphics exchange server;

unpacks the message packet to obtain the graphics information;

processes the graphics information;

packs the graphics information into another message packet;

determines a message communication standard supported by the graphics receiver terminal based on handshake information sent by the graphics receiver terminal; and

sends the another message packet to the graphics receiver terminal through a persistent connection between the graphics receiver terminal and the graphics exchange server.

13. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the graphic provider terminal further establishes the persistent connection between the graphics provider terminal and the graphics exchange server through an interface that is provided by a message communication standard supported by a web animation standard that is supported by the web browser.

14. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the graphics provider terminal further establishes the persistent connection between the graphics provider terminal and the graphics exchange server through an interface that is provided by a browser-supported message communication standard.

15. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the graphics provider terminal further determines that the message communication standard is a communication standard supported by a web animation standard, and establishes the persistent connection between the graphics provider terminal and the graphics exchange server through an interface that is provided by the message communication standard supported by the web animation standard.

16. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the graphics provider terminal further determines that the message communication standard is a browser-supported message communication standard and establishes the persistent connection between the graphics receiver terminal and the graphics exchange server through an interface that is provided by the browser-supported message communication standard.

17. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the frequency refresh rate of the graphics receiver terminal is included in handshake information sent by the graphics exchange server to the graphic provider terminal.

18. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the graphics provider terminal includes the web browser.

19. One or more memories having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are executable by one or more processors to perform actions comprising:

setting a preset sampling rate based on a frequency refresh rate of a graphics receiver terminal that is sent by a graphics exchange server;

sampling, through a graphical interface provided by a Canvas specification, a graphic generated by a web browser of the graphics provider terminal based on the Canvas specification to obtain graphics information according to the preset sampling rate;

packing the graphics information to obtain a message packet based on a preset graphics sharing agreement;

sending the message packet to the graphics exchange server through a persistent connection between the graphics provider terminal and the graphics exchange server;

unpacking the message packet to obtain the graphics information;

processing the graphics information;

packing the graphics information into another message packet;

determining a message communication standard supported by the graphics receiver terminal based on handshake information sent by the graphics receiver terminal; and

sending the another message packet to the graphics receiver terminal through a persistent connection between the graphics receiver terminal and the graphics exchange server.

20. The one or more memories as recited in claim 19, wherein the graphics provider terminal includes the web browser.