Efficient navigation of and interaction with a remoted desktop that is larger than the local screen
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorElton Saul
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for the efficient navigation of and interaction with a remoted desktop that is larger than the local viewing area. In an embodiment, a client displays both a portion of the remoted desktop in its native size, as well as a “mini-map”—a scaled-down view of the entire remoted desktop that may be used for navigation of the natively displayed portion of the remoted desktop. In an embodiment, the natively displayed portion of the remoted desktop is indicated in the mini-map. In an embodiment, use of a computer mouse and/or multi-touch gestures is used as input to navigate the natively displayed portion of the remoted desktop.
Claims20
A system for displaying a remoted desktop sent from a server across a remote presentation system in a viewing area with a dimension smaller than a corresponding dimension of the remoted desktop, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, bearing computer-readable instructions that when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an indication of a frame of a remoted desktop to display in the remote presentation session, the remoted desktop corresponding to a plurality of display devices of the server;
- receiving an indication of a correspondence between each of the plurality of display devices and the frame;
- displaying a first portion of the frame in the viewing area;
- receiving an indication to navigate to a selected display device of the plurality of display devices;
- determining a second portion of the frame corresponding to the selected display device;
- and
- displaying the second portion of the frame in the viewing area.
A method for displaying a remoted desktop sent by a server across a remote presentation session in a viewing area with a dimension smaller than a corresponding dimension of the remoted desktop, comprising:
- receiving an indication of a frame of a remoted desktop to display in the remote presentation session;
- displaying a first portion of the frame in the viewing area;
- generating a mini-map of the frame;
- displaying the mini-map;
- receiving an indication of navigation of the frame;
- and
- displaying a second portion of the frame in the viewing area, the second portion of the frame corresponding to the indication of navigation.
The method of claim 9, wherein the manipulation of the focus rectangle comprises dragging the focus rectangle.
A computer-readable storage medium bearing computer-readable instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an indication of a frame of a remoted desktop to display in the remote presentation session;
- displaying a first portion of the frame in the viewing area;
- generating a mini-map of the frame;
- displaying the mini-map;
- receiving an indication of navigation of the frame;
- and
- displaying a second portion of the frame in the viewing area, the second portion of the frame corresponding to the indication of navigation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.