Patent ID: 8887059
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling the viewable content of a remote computer system on a local computer system, the method comprising: establishing a remote control session over a network to the remote computer system; accessing the viewable content currently displayed on the remote computer system; reformatting the viewable content to change a size of the viewable content by identifying a viewable content display area of the remote computer system and comparing the remote resolution associated with the viewable content display area of the remote computer system to a local resolution associated with a viewable content display area of the local computer system; determining a remote resolution being used on the remote computer system and multiplying the remote resolution by a scaling factor; applying the scaling factor to the viewable content on the remote computer system to determine the reformatted viewable content; receiving a user input indication of a hovering action being performed over a window currently displayed as part of the viewable content; displaying a size indication icon responsive to the hovering action; and displaying the reformatted viewable content on the local computer system while the remote computer system and the local computer system are communicatively connected.