Patent ID: 8898321
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A client device comprising a computer storage medium, wherein the medium is not a signal, said computer storage medium storing a data structure stored thereon for a user interface to manage a host device by said client device, said data structure comprising: a first data field storing data for a first display window being displayed via a client application on the client device and displaying content from the host device; a second data field storing data for a status display area indicating information associated with a connection status of a connection between the host device and the client device in response to the displayed content in the first data field, wherein the connection status comprises one or more of the following: connecting, connected, and arbitrating; and a third data field storing data for a notification display window displaying notification information associated with at least one of the following: the displayed content from the host device, and the connection status indicated by the second data field, wherein when the client device is connected to the host device in a non-administrator mode, one or more sub-fields of the status display area are disabled, and when the second data field indicates that the connection status is arbitrating, the host device notifies a host device user that the client device is attempting to connect to the host device, said notification allowing the host user the option to allow or deny the connection; wherein when the client device is connected to the host device in an administrator mode, all sub-fields of the status display area are enabled, said sub-fields comprising data for adjusting a display visibility of the status display area, the data for adjusting enabling a translucent visibility of the status display area, and the connection is formed without a notification to a host device user and the host device is locked, causing the input and output devices of the host device to be disabled; wherein the connection between the client device and host device is formed via a server, the server maintaining a plurality of devices to which the client device can connect, the host device being one of the plurality of devices; wherein when the client device requests access to the host device, the server authenticates a client device user and grants the client device access to the host device; and wherein when the client device is connected to the host device, information from the host device to the client device for display on the client device is transferred via the server.