Systems and methods for capturing screen displays from a...

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2007-06-19

2007-06-19

Sajous, Wesner (Department: 2628)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics display memory system

Frame buffer

C345S002100, C709S200000, C709S223000, C709S217000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10966221

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring a host computing system from a maintenance computing system located at a remote location. The system of the present invention includes a frame grabber that is connected the digital output of a video controller associated with the host computing system and collects sets of data output in digital form from the video controller independent of an analog to digital converter. Each collected digital data set represents a frame of data displayed on a terminal of the host computing system by the video controller and is stored in a storage device associated with the frame grabber. Successive sets of data are also compared to each other, and the differences between the data are also stored in the storage device. During a maintenance session, a first data set representing the data currently displayed on the terminal of the host computing system is transmitted to the maintenance computing system, and thereafter, only changes between successive data sets are transmitted to update the maintenance computing system.

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