Screen Region Segmentation for Remote Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current screen-sharing technologies limit user interaction and accessibility, often requiring users to scroll or manipulate windows to access features, leading to decreased productivity and user experience due to inflexible display options.
Innovation Solution
The technique allows users to select and move multiple screen regions from a host machine to desired locations on a client machine, creating new windows for selected content, enabling independent resizing and placement, while also enabling freeform copying of screen content and selectively blurring non-shareable elements to protect privacy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user enlarges the window to access small features or controls, then the accessibility to features improves, but portions of the remote screen extend off-screen locally requiring scrolling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the shared screen content into multiple independent regions that can be displayed separately in different windows. Each region can be independently positioned and sized, allowing users to access all features without scrolling by distributing content across multiple visible areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single two-dimensional window view to a multi-window spatial arrangement. By creating additional windows for different screen regions, the system adds a spatial dimension to content organization, enabling simultaneous access to multiple areas without scrolling.
2Area of stationary object
If the user displays the entire remote desktop in a single window, then the complete screen content is visible, but the user cannot easily access specific regions without scrolling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the remote desktop into multiple selectable regions, each displayed in its own window. This allows the complete screen content to be distributed across multiple windows, maintaining full visibility while enabling direct access to any region without scrolling.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates copies of specific screen regions in separate windows. Each window contains a copy of a particular area of the remote desktop, allowing users to access multiple regions simultaneously in different locations on their local screen.
3Ease of operation
If the user creates multiple windows for different screen regions, then accessibility to all features improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic window management where windows can be created, moved, resized, and arranged based on user needs. The system adapts to user preferences by allowing flexible configuration of window positions and sizes, making the multi-window system manageable rather than complex.
4Area of stationary object
If the host machine shares all screen content with the client machine, then complete visibility is achieved, but private information may be exposed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments screen content into shareable and non-shareable regions. The host can selectively share only specific screen regions while keeping other regions private, preventing exposure of sensitive information while maintaining visibility of shared content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts private information from the shared screen content by creating separate non-shareable regions. Sensitive areas are excluded from the shared content stream, allowing the host to share necessary information while protecting private data.
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AI summary
A technique for preparing screen content for remote display includes identifying non-shareable elements in the screen content and, prior to sending the screen content to a client machine for rendering by the client machine, selectively blurring the non-shareable elements, such that the client machine receives the screen content with the non-shareable elements already blurred.