Patent ID: 8533263
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method on a handheld device, the method comprising: sending a request from the handheld device to initiate an application on a host computer; receiving data related to the application from the host computer at the handheld device; displaying the data on the handheld device; the handheld device receiving user data to be executed by the application; the handheld device sending the user data to the host computer, the host computer processing the user data; the handheld device receiving additional application-related data generated by the application based on the user data; and the handheld device displaying the additional application-related data, wherein the initiation request is sent to the host computer as a result of a selection of an icon on a display screen of the handheld device, and wherein the icon is placed on the display screen of the handheld device by copying a corresponding icon from a display screen of the host computer onto an image of the display screen of the handheld device, the image of the display screen of the handheld device appearing on the display screen of the host computer.