Saving a layout of display(s) of a remote computer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRoland M. Hochmuth, Byron A. Alcom
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Abstract
To control a display layout of at least display associated with a remote computer, a client computer receives at least one user setting for the display layout of the at least one display associated with the remote computer. The client computer obtains, from the remote computer, information relating to properties of the display layout of the at least one display. The client computer sends information relating to the layout to a remote server for storage at the remote server for later retrieval.
Claims20
A method of controlling a display layout of a display of a remote computer, comprising:
- receiving, at a client computer, at least one user setting for the display layout of the display of the remote computer;
- obtaining, by the client computer over a network from the remote computer, information relating to properties of the display layout of the display of the remote computer;
- and
- sending, from the client computer, information relating to the display layout over the network to a remote server for storage by the remote server for later retrieval by the client computer when the client computer establishes another connection with the remote computer, wherein the client computer is separate from each of the remote computer and the remote server.
An article comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed cause a client computer to:
- receive a request to connect to a remote computer to access a resource of the remote computer;
- in response to the request to connect, send a request for display layout information associated with at least one display of the remote computer;
- and
- receive the display layout information from a remote server in response to the request for display layout information, wherein the display layout information was previously saved by the remote server, wherein the client computer is separate from each of the remote computer and the remote server;
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- communicate the received display layout information to the remote computer to set a display layout of the remote computer according to the received display layout information.
A client computer comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- software executable on the processor to:
- receive at least one user setting for a display layout of at least one display associated with a remote computer;
- obtain, from the remote computer, information relating to properties of the display layout of the at least one display;
- send information relating to the properties of the display layout to a remote server for storage by the remote server for later retrieval, wherein the client computer is separate from each of the remote computer and the remote server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.