Remote Display Content Resizing for Cross-Resolution Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in controlling and viewing content from a remote computer system on a local computer system, where differing display resolutions and sizes cause mismatched window appearances, limiting the effective use of display real estate across varying operating systems and devices.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that establish a remote control session over a network, allowing the reformatting of viewable content to adjust its size for display on a local system, using a transmitter, processor, and display to synchronize the content while maintaining communicative connection, and providing options for users to enlarge or reduce window sizes independently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the remote computer system displays content at its native resolution, then the content is displayed with optimal quality and detail, but the content cannot be properly displayed on local computer systems with different resolutions and display sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically changes display parameters (resolution, size, aspect ratio) of the remote content based on the local display device's capabilities. The remote computer system receives information about the local display device and adjusts the content parameters accordingly to ensure proper display while maintaining compatibility across different devices.
Solution Approach 2:
A display device interface component acts as an intermediary between the remote computer system and the local display device. This intermediary translates and adapts the remote content to match the local display's characteristics, enabling seamless integration across different operating systems and hardware configurations.
2Measurement precision
If the display device shows multiple windows of varying sizes, then the content can be displayed with appropriate detail, but the display real estate is limited and cannot be fully utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts window sizes and display attributes based on the available display real estate. Windows can be enlarged or reduced automatically according to the display device's capabilities, allowing optimal use of available space while maintaining appropriate detail levels for each window.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system changes the size and resolution parameters of windows dynamically. When displaying on devices with different display areas, the system adjusts window dimensions and scaling factors to maximize the use of available display real estate while maintaining content integrity and usability.
3Measurement precision
If the local computer system displays remote content at the same resolution as the remote system, then the content maintains its original quality, but the windows appear incorrectly sized and positioned on the local display
Solution Approach 1:
The display device interface serves as a mediator that receives remote content, translates it according to local display characteristics, and presents it appropriately on the local system. This intermediary layer handles the transformation of window positions, sizes, and resolutions to ensure correct display while preserving content quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically changes display parameters including resolution, window size, and position based on the local display device's characteristics. This ensures that windows appear correctly sized and positioned on the local display while maintaining the original content quality and resolution from the remote system.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus of controlling the viewable content of a remote computer system on a local computer system is disclosed. The method may include establishing a remote control session over a network to the remote computer system and accessing the viewable content currently displayed on the remote computer system. The method may also include reformatting the viewable content to change a size of the viewable content and displaying the reformatted viewable content on the local computer system while the remote computer system and the local computer system are communicatively connected.