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Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070162860

Remote console for observing multiple workstations

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#48Virtual Network Computing

Applies to Claims 1,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,19,2,3,4,5,6,7

Submitted by: Hans SchmuckerLast updated: about 1 year ago

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Summary / Description

Summary / Description	Virtual Network Computing (VNC) describes a network where a single Client receives (compressed or uncompressed) image data from any number of Servers over a given network. The Client in turn sends control data for mouse, keyboard and other devices to a Server.

Basic Information

Type of Prior Art	Source Code

Name/Title	VNC

Publication Date	1999

Author	Olivetti & Oracle Research Lab

URL

System Type	Application Program

Printed Materials (Documentation, Manual, Training Guide, Literature, et cetera)	No

Online Source Code Repository	No

Online project documentation	No

Storage Media (Floppy disk, CD-ROM, Tape, et cetera)	No

Other	No

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URL for Product Description

Licensing Model	Open Source

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Notes	This is meant to limit the claims, there are still parts of the invesntion that might be valid, such as the gallery interface (although I doubt it) and the direct control of the imager instead (I'm not sure what they mean with that: If they're talking abo

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What is VNC? - A practical introduction VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is, in essence, a remote display system which allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures.

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A remote viewing system, comprising:

a plurality of local workstations, each providing screen update data; and

a remote console operable to receive the screen update data from the plurality of local workstations and display the screen update data for at least two of the local workstations on a display.

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This is the system behind VNC and any other remote desktop.

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The remote viewing system of Claim 1, wherein the remote console is operable to display a plurality of frames on the display, each frame displaying the screen update data for one of the local workstations.

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While VNC doesn't provide this natively, it can be done by simply running multiple instances, each connected to a different Server. This is trivial.

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The remote viewing system of Claim 2, wherein the remote console is operable to control the operation of the local workstation associated with at least one of the frames.

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VNC limits this primarily to keyboard and mouse, but aside from this restriction it includes this functionality.

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The remote viewing system of Claim 2, wherein a selected frame of the plurality of frames has a size greater than the remaining frames of the plurality of frames.

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Again, this is not part of VNC as such, but can be done by running multiple instances, which is trivial.

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The remote viewing system of Claim 4, wherein the selected frame overlaps at least one of the remaining frames.

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See d2 & d4

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The remote viewing system of Claim 4, wherein the remote console comprises first and second display devices, the selected frame is displayed on the first display device, and the remaining frames are displayed on the second display device.

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See d2 & d4

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The remote viewing system of Claim 4, wherein the remote console is operable to control the operation of the local workstation associated with the selected frame.

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See d3

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A method for remotely interfacing with a plurality of local workstations, each providing screen update data, comprising:

receiving the screen update data from each of the local workstations; and

displaying the screen update data for at least two of the local workstations on a display.

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See d2 & d4

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The method of Claim 10, further comprising displaying a plurality of frames on the display, each frame displaying the screen update data for one of the local workstations.

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See d2 & d4

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The method of Claim 11, further comprising controlling the operation of the local workstation associated with at least one of the frames.

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See d2 & d4 / d3

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The method of Claim 11, wherein displaying the plurality of frames on the display comprises displaying a selected frame of the plurality of frames having a size greater than the remaining frames of the plurality of frames.

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See d2 & d4

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The method of Claim 13, wherein the selected frame overlaps at least one of the remaining frames.

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See d2 & d4

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The method of Claim 13, wherein the display comprises first and second display devices, and the method further comprises:

displaying the selected frame on a first display device; and

displaying the remaining frames on the second display device.