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Adjusting client display devices based on settings included in a notification from remote virtual machine host prior to connection establishment

  • US 9,507,620 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2013
  • Issued: 11/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • identifying, by a client device, a plurality of physical display devices of the client device, wherein the plurality of physical display devices each have settings that are separately adjustable;

    transmitting, by the client device, client display information to a host running one or more virtual machines (VMs), the client display information comprising current settings of each of the plurality of physical display devices, wherein each VM has one or more virtual devices, each of the one or more virtual devices being associated with one of the plurality of physical display devices, wherein the physical display devices associated with the one or more virtual devices communicate with a respective VM via channels designated to individual physical display devices;

    receiving, by the client device, current settings of the virtual device of the one or more virtual devices via a corresponding channel of the designated channels; and

    responsive to determining that the current settings of the virtual device differ from current settings of an associated physical display device, adjusting, by a processing device of the client device, the current settings of the associated physical display device according to the current settings of the virtual device.

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