Patent ID: 8930283
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method of dynamically managing screen real estate of a remote computer's display, the method comprising: receiving, by a first computer, an initial state of screen real estate of a remote second computer's display, wherein the remote second computer's display is a display on a portable computing device, and wherein the initial state describes information displayed on screen real estate of the remote second computer's display; detecting, by the first computer, a change to an external physical environment of the remote second computer's display, wherein the change to the external physical environment of the remote second computer's display is a change to a physical location of the remote second computer's display from one location to another location within a same building; and adjusting, by the first computer, the initial state of the screen real estate by remotely creating an adjusted state of the screen real estate, wherein the creating of the adjusted state is in response to the change to the physical location of the remote second computer's display from one location to another location within the same building, wherein the creating of the adjusted state alters an appearance of the information displayed on the screen real estate of the remote second computer's display, and wherein the altering of the appearance of the information is performed by one or more of changing a brightness on the remote second computer's display, changing a font of the information displayed, switching a display of the information from text to video, and switching a display of the information from video to text.