Patent ID: 6483515
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
In an information processing system including a host system interconnected to a remote system via a communication link, a method of updating a remote display device associated with said remote system to fill at least a portion of a display area on the display device with a tiled pattern including repetitions of a tile image data stored at the host system, the method comprising the steps of:(a) the host system determining the number of repetitions of the tile image data to fill said portion of the display area and transmitting display information to the remote system via the communication link, the display information including: (1) said tile image data; and (2) replication information including: (i) information representing a number of repetitions of said tile image data to fill said portion of said display area, and (ii) coordinate data representing the position of the display area on the display device; and (b) the remote system receiving the display information and generating said tile pattern by performing steps including: (1) storing the tile image data in a frame buffer starting at a location corresponding to a coordinate location within the display area relative to said display area coordinate data; and (2) replicating the tile image data into the frame buffer based on the replication information until said portion of the display area is filled with said tiled pattern.