Amzetta Technologies, LLC

American Megatrends, Inc.

Yugender P Subramanian

Varadachari Sudan Ayanam

David Yoon

Balasubramanian Chandrasekaran

Manikandan Ganesan Malliga

Jayachandran Gnanasekaran

Samvinesh Christopher

Tommy Hu

Rajamanickem Sureshkumar

Derek Huang

Indira Valmiki

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a thin client. The thin client establishes a remote session with a remote machine. The thin client detects a connection of a device at a first connection port. The thin client determines a category of the device. The thin client establishes a redirection channel in the remote session with the remote machine based on the category. The thin client redirects access of the device to the remote machine.

Device redirection support at thin client

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and one or more apparatuses are provided. The apparatuses may be one or more thin clients. Each of the one or more thin clients wirelessly connects with at least one peripheral. Each of the one or more thin clients establishes a remote session with a remote machine. The one or more thin clients are placed in an environment that is isolated from the at least one peripheral of each of the thin clients.

Wireless thin clients

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a thin client. The thin client determines that a condition for displaying a screen saver is met. The thin client then obtains a first collection of content data. The thin client further generates a screen saver presenting the first collection of content data. The thin client displays the screen saver.

Techniques of providing data to screen saver of thin client

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a thin client. The thin client redirects a screen display of the thin client to a remote device. The thin client also receives a message from the remote device, the message including an input-event data collection. The thin client generates an input event according to the input-event data collection. The thin client sends the input event to a control of the thin client through an input interface.

Techniques of remotely providing user input to thin client

Certain aspects direct to systems and methods for preventing a thin client or a zero client from unauthorized physical access. A microcontroller is provided and connected to the chassis of the thin client or zero client computing device via a first interface, such as a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) line. Whenever the chassis is physically opened, the chassis generates a signal, and sends the signal to the microcontroller via the GPIO line. Upon receiving the signal, the microcontroller determines that a physical access event occurs to the computing device. Unless the physical access event is authorized, the microcontroller may generate a log to record events for the computing device, and store the log in the storage device; and perform a self-protect action to the computing device. If network connectivity is available, the microcontroller may send the log to a server via the network.

System and method for preventing thin/zero client from unauthorized physical access

Systems and methods for performing firmware update on an embedded system by patching. In operation, a computing device may receive an image of replacement firmware, which is a different version of current firmware stored in a non-volatile memory of the embedded system. The computing device then determines the different portions of the replacement firmware from the current firmware by comparing the image of the replacement firmware to the current firmware, and retrieves the different portions from the image of the replacement firmware to form the fragments. In this case, the computing device may create a patch file by data of the fragments, and send the patch file to the embedded system, such that the embedded system may use the patch file to update the current firmware. The size of the patch file would be relatively smaller than the firmware image, thereby reducing update time and resources consumption.

System and method for performing firmware update by patching

An embedded system includes a processor, a volatile memory coupled to the processor, and a non-volatile memory storing a computer executable code. The computer executable code, when executed by the at least one processor, is configured to: perform a boot process; display a splash screen during the boot process; and during the display of the splash screen: provide a plurality of interactive links between executing a plurality of applications and a plurality of inputs; receive one of the inputs from a user; and in response to receiving the one of the inputs, execute the corresponding application based on the interactive links after accomplishing the boot process.

System and method of interactive splash screen in embedded environments

Systems and methods for automatic power control and unusual activity detections for thin client computing devices. In operation, the server receives messages from the thin clients, with each message corresponding to a activity occurred at the thin clients. The server then analyzes the messages and generates usage patterns of the thin client computing devices. Based on the usage patterns, the server may generate automatic power control schedules for the computing devices, and control power of each of the computing devices based on the automatic power control schedules. Further, the server may monitor unusual activities occurred at the computing devices based on the messages and the usage patterns of the computing devices.

System and method for automatic power control and unusual activity detections for thin client computing devices

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a thin client. The thin client obtains dimensions of each screen of a plurality of screens of the thin client. The thin client also determines an arrangement of the plurality of screens such that each one of the plurality of screens is in contact with at least another one of the plurality of screens and does not overlap with any other one of the plurality of screens. The thin client also determines border segments of each screen of the plurality of screens. Each of the border segments of the each screen is not in contact with any border segment of any other screens of the plurality of screens.

Multi-monitor alignment on a thin client

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a thin client. The thin client captures, at a first restore time point, customized configurations of the thin client stored at a first storage location of the thin client. The thin client then obtains first default configurations of the thin client that are in use. The thin client further determines a difference between the customized configurations and the first default configurations. The thin client stores the difference between the customized configurations and the first default configurations as a configurations difference in association with the first restore time point at a second storage location of the thin client.

Techniques of preserving and restoring customized configurations of thin client at restore time points

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a service processor. The service processor allocates a plurality of frame buffers. The service processor also writes image data of a predetermined image to a first frame buffer of the plurality of frame buffers. The service processor further loads a first application. The service processor displays the predetermined image in accordance with the image data stored in the first frame buffer while the first application is being loaded. The service processor then writes image data of the first application to a second frame buffer of the plurality of frame buffers.

Multiple frame buffers for windowless embedded environment

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a thin client. The thin client detects one or more remote session protocols supported by a first remote machine. The thin client determines a first remote session protocol from the one or more remote session protocols based on a first predetermined rule. The thin client determines a first protocol application from one or more protocol applications supporting the first remote session protocol based on a second predetermined rule. The thin client launches the first protocol application to establish a remote session with the first remote machine in accordance with the first remote session protocol.

Auto detecting remote session protocol for remote access

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a control device. The control device determines that a first thin client is in a remote session with a remote machine and is in wireless connection with one or more peripherals. The control device detects that the first thin client is in a predetermined status. The control device requests a second thin client to resume the remote session of the remote machine. The control device connects the one or more peripherals with the second thin client wirelessly.

Failover and live migration of zero/thin clients

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a device. The device receives content to be displayed on a screen of the device. The device generates a picture based on the content. The device sends the picture to an on-screen display driver bypassing a thin client operating system of the device. The device replaces at least a portion of pixel data in a frame buffer of the device with the picture. The pixel data is presented on the screen. The device transfers the pixel data in the frame buffer to a display driver of the device. The display driver generates display signals based on the pixel data.

On-screen display at thin client

A system for power control includes a power supply having a power supply line and a standby power line, a logic circuit having a first output terminal connected to the power supply and three input terminals, a processing device connected to the standby power line and the power supply line, and a power switch. The processing device includes at least one processor, a storage storing a code executable by the processor, and four input/output (I/O) interfaces. A first, second and third I/O interfaces of the processing device are electrically connected to a first, second and third input terminals of the logic circuit, and a fourth I/O interface is connected to the third I/O interface. The power switch electrically connects or disconnects the standby power line to the first I/O interface and the first input terminal. The processing device has a power on state, a power off state, and a suspend state.

Growing community of inventors

Norcross, GA, United States of America

Yugender P Subramanian