Patent ID: 9396002
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving at a host computer first reports from a remote computer of pointing device events occurring on the remote computer; performing computations in the host computer based upon the first reports, the computations including determining locations pointed to by a pointing device of the host computer based upon the first reports, wherein the pointing device is active on the host computer and boot firmware of the host computer determines the locations; setting the pointing device in absolute mode, wherein the boot firmware of the host computer sets the active pointing device of the host computer in absolute mode; generating screen images in the host computer based upon the computations and based on the active pointing device of the host computer being in absolute mode, wherein the screen images do not contain images of a cursor representing locations pointed to by the pointing device and the boot firmware generates the screen images in the host computer based upon the computations; transmitting the screen images generated in the host computer to a remote console controller of the host computer; and transmitting the screen images from the remote console controller of the host computer to the remote computer for display.