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US 9,542,148 B2Granted
Adapting a user interface of a remote desktop host
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsMichael Thano Matthews, Scott Edwards Kelso, Howard Locker, Axel Ramirez Flores
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are presented for adapting a user interface of a remote desktop host. The apparatus includes a processor, a memory, a detection module and an adaptation module. The detection module detects a remote desktop connection between a remote client and a host. The remote client and the host may have different user interface characteristics. The adaptation module adapts a user interface of the host to accommodate user interface characteristics of the remote client.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory storing modules for execution by the processor, comprising:
- a detection module detecting a remote desktop connection between a remote client and a host, the remote client user interface and the host user interface having different user interface characteristics;
- an environment storage module storing a plurality of user interface environments on the host for use on the host as the host's user interface, the plurality of user interface environments comprising a plurality of client user interfaces adapted from the host user interface, each client user interface accommodating user interface characteristics of a particular remote client and used on the host as the host's user interface;
- a conversion module activating disabled touch sensitive features on the host during the remote desktop session in response to the remote client user interface having a touch-sensitive user interface;
- an adaptation module adapting the host user interface to accommodate the user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface, wherein the adaptation module adapting a user interface of the host to accommodate user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface comprises selecting and loading a user interface environment from the plurality of stored user interface environments accessible to the host that correspond to the remote client for use on the host;
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- a determination module determining the user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface and receiving a message from the remote client specifying the user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface, the message associated with a remote desktop initiation.
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A method comprising:
- detecting a remote desktop connection between a remote client and a host, the remote client user interface and the host user interface having different user interface characteristics;
- storing a plurality of user interface environments on the host for use on the host as the host's user interface, the plurality of user interface environments comprising a plurality of client user interfaces adapted from the host user interface, each client user interface accommodating user interface characteristics of a particular remote client and used on the host as the host's user interface;
- activating disabled touch sensitive features on the host during the remote desktop session in response to the remote client user interface having a touch-sensitive user interface;
- adapting the host user interface to accommodate the user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface, wherein the adaptation module adapting a user interface of the host to accommodate user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface comprises selecting and loading a user interface environment from the plurality of stored user interface environments accessible to the host that correspond to the remote client for use on the host;
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- determining the user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface and receiving a message from the remote client specifying the user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface, the message associated with a remote desktop initiation.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory storage medium storing machine readable code executed by a processor to perform the operations of:
- detecting a remote desktop connection between a remote client and a host, the remote client user interface and the host user interface having different user interface characteristics;
- storing a plurality of user interface environments on the host for use on the host as the host's user interface, the plurality of user interface environments comprising a plurality of client user interfaces adapted from the host user interface, each client user interface accommodating user interface characteristics of a particular remote client and used on the host as the host's user interface;
- activating disabled touch sensitive features on the host during the remote desktop session in response to the remote client user interface having a touch-sensitive user interface;
- adapting the host user interface to accommodate the user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface, wherein the adaptation module adapting a user interface of the host to accommodate user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface comprises selecting and loading a user interface environment from the plurality of stored user interface environments accessible to the host that correspond to the remote client for use on the host;
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- determining the user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface and receiving a message from the remote client specifying the user interface characteristics of the remote client user interface, the message associated with a remote desktop initiation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.