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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Hopto Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Eldad Eilam, San Jose, CA (US);
hopTo Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for touch-based hovering on remote devices are provided. A client device may include a touchscreen sensor capable of detecting that a user finger is within a predetermined distance from the touchscreen surface, but is not actually touching the touchscreen surface. When a user holds one or more fingers above a touch-enabled client device, the user fingers may be detected. Further, the screen coordinates of the fingers above the client device are determined. The coordinates, along with a command regarding a hover event, are sent to a host device with which the client device has an open remote session. The host device may execute the command in accordance with the coordinates to effect a hover event. Display instructions are sent from the host device to the client device, which generates a client device display including a hover event corresponding to that executed on the host device.