Methods and apparatus for non-intrusive capturing of frame buffer memory information for remote display

A system, comprising:

• a host processor;
• a frame buffer memory to store one or more frames of information;
• and
• an integrated circuit (IC) coupled to the host processor and the frame buffer memory, the IC including a graphics controller and a memory controller coupled to the frame buffer memory, the IC sharing access to the memory controller with the graphics controller, wherein the IC is configured to monitor frame buffer memory information associated with a first display and to identify one or more display areas affected by a modification to the frame buffer memory information, wherein the frame buffer memory information is sent by the host processor to the memory, and wherein the first display is mapped to a matrix of multiple display areas.

A method, comprising:

• mapping a first display to a matrix of display areas;
• detecting modification to frame buffer memory information associated with the first display;
• identifying one or more display areas affected by the modification to the frame buffer information;
• retrieving frame buffer memory information associated with the one or more affected display areas;
• and
• updating information displayed on a second display based on the retrieved frame buffer information associated with the one or more affected display areas.

A computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions which are executable by a system, and which, when executed by the system, cause the system to perform a method, comprising:

• detecting modification to frame buffer memory information associated with a first display, wherein the frame buffer memory information corresponds to information displayed in display areas associated with the first display;
• identifying one or more display areas affected by the modification to the frame buffer information;
• and
• transmitting frame buffer memory information associated with the one or more display areas affected by the modification over a communication link to be displayed on a second display.