SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ZERO-FOOTPRINT SCREEN CAPTURE

• US 20160100033A1
• Filed: 12/14/2015
• Published: 04/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zoom International A.S.
• Original Assignee: ZOOM International s.r.o
• Inventors: Kridlo, Michal
• Granted Patent: US 9,686,377 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G06F 9/453 Help systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A system for zero-footprint screen capture, comprising a communication server software module, a screen capture server software module, a web server software module, and a media upload server software module, wherein the web server, on receiving a request for a specific web page from a client application whose screen is to be captured, uploads a persistent screen capture software application to the client, and further wherein, upon receiving a connection request from the screen capture application, establishes a persistent connection to the screen capture application and, on receiving a notification from the communication server pertaining to an interaction involving a user of the client application, sends instructions via the persistent connection to the screen capture application, and wherein the media upload server receives via the established connection to the uploaded screen capture application one or more data packets containing screen capture graphics data.

Claims

1. A system for zero-footprint screen capture, comprising:

a screen capture server comprising a plurality of software programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor of a computing device;

a screen capture software application comprising a plurality of software programming instructions configured to be uploaded to a client device via a network;

a web server comprising a plurality of software programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor of a computing device, and configured to receive interaction from a client device via a network;

wherein the web server is further configured to upload the screen capture software application to the client device from which the interaction was received; and

wherein the screen capture server is directed by the web server to control the operation of the uploaded screen capture software application, and to receive screen capture data from the uploaded screen capture software application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the screen capture data comprises image data based at least in part on an image being shown on a connected display hardware device operating on the client device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the screen capture data is stored for future reference.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the screen capture data is presented to a human user for review via a display hardware device operating on a computing device configured to communicate with the screen capture server.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the screen capture software application is further configured to compress the screen capture data prior to transmission, and the screen capture server is further configured to decompress the screen capture data upon receipt.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the screen capture data further comprises location data based at least in part on the physical location of the client device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the location data is based at least in part on a network address of the client device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein a portion of the screen capture data is modified by the screen capture software application prior to transmission.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the modification comprises the obfuscation of data.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the modification comprises the removal of data.

11. A method for zero-footprint screen capture, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, at a web server comprising a plurality of software programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor of a computing device, an interaction from a client device via a network;

uploading to the client device a screen capture software application comprising a plurality of software programming instructions configured to receive a plurality of screen capture data from the client device and to transmit at least the screen capture data to a screen capture server comprising a plurality of software programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor of a computing device;

directing, via the screen capture server, the screen capture software application to capture and transmit screen capture data;

receiving and storing screen capture data from the screen capture software application at the screen capture server.