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Method for host preview during a remote desktop session

  • US 9,210,212 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2012
  • Issued: 12/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for displaying a hosted desktop in a remote desktop session between a client computing device and a host computer, the client computing device and the host computer being connected by a network, comprising:

  • providing a projector as said client computing device, said projector being a client projector configured to execute a client-side application to establish said remote desktop session with said host computer;

    providing said host computer, said host computer being configured to execute a serving function in said remote desktop session with said client projector, said host computer having a host image display and a host-input device for receiving host-user inputs, said host computer supporting multiple logical display surfaces, each logical display surface being a logical space having a screen image displayable on said host image display, wherein only one logical display surface is displayable on said image display at a time;

    establishing a remote desktop session between the client projector and the host computer over said network, said remote desktop session being characterized by the following limitations;

    (a) said host computer executing a first computing session hosting a local logical display surface, said local logical display surface being a logon desktop, and as part of said remote desktop session, exclusively displaying said logon desktop on the host image display and directing all host-user inputs from the host-input device exclusively to said logon desktop;

    (b) said host computer executing a second computing session separate and secure from the first computing session and hosting a user desktop of the client projector, transferring control of the user desktop running on the host computer to the client projector, and transferring the user desktop directly to said client projector for display by said client projector, said user desktop being said hosted desktop;

    c) said hosted desktop on the host computer being, configured to be controlled by the client projector by receiving user-input signals from the client projector;

    wherein in the host computer;

    in response to the establishing of the remote desktop session, capturing an image of the hosted desktop and loading a Desktop Preview Injection Component into the logon desktop, the Preview Injection Component providing an application window that runs on the logon desktop and provides the captured image of the hosted desktop for viewing in the host image display.

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