Patent ID: 8069409

Claim:
An imaging system including at least one processor for customized remote access to imaging node front panels, the system comprising: a client node configured to transmit a request for an imaging node front panel in a client node-dependent format, receive a response to the request containing imaging node front panel data in a client node-ready display format, and display the imaging node front panel on the client node using the imaging node front panel data; an imaging node configured to receive a request for the imaging node front panel in an imaging node-ready format and transmit a response to the request containing the imaging node front panel data in an imaging node-dependent display format; and a server node communicatively coupled between the client node and the imaging node and configured to receive the request from the client node in the client node-dependent format, convert the request from the client node-dependent format to the imaging node-ready format and transmit the request to the imaging node in the imaging node-ready format, and further configured to receive the response from the imaging node containing the imaging node front panel data in the imaging node-dependent display format, convert the imaging node front panel data from the imaging node-dependent display format to the client node-ready display format and transmit the response to the client node containing the imaging node front panel data in the client node-ready display format, wherein the server node converts the imaging node front panel data at least in part by adapting the front panel data to conform to a screen resolution operative on the client node, and wherein adapting the front panel data to conform to the screen resolution operative on the client node comprises mapping front panel components to client node screen coordinates.