Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070162860
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I think this covers most of the claims in this particular patent.
You should submit that as Prior Art.
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"remote control software"
"vnc"
"console redirection"
"kvm software"
"remote windows"
1) PC Anywhere
2) Timbuktu
3) GoToMyPC
etc
Plus KVM software from many companies
as well as open source solutions like X windows
A version of a common technology customized specifically for medical imaging is not novel and will just increase healthcare costs
I can't remember the name of the program, but I think it was "tsmon".
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=pf&pvid=pca121
If you run multiple instances of PC Anywhere then you can easily switch between different remote computers.
VNC server on each workstaion and Java VNC client using frames to give multiple screens
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC
SourceForge alone returns 109 projects related to VNC
- http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=vnc
http://www.itsltduk.co.uk/lanschool.asp
I've seen this kind of a thing in call centers as an alternative to electronic KVM switches where a supervisor can see the current sessions on 16 or so phone operator consoles. If they wish to look at one screen in particular, they can click on it. The supervisor can focus on one screen in large, and the other screens get minimized like Icons. You can even take over sessions for people while talking to them. Once the supervisor is done, the display can be brought up as a set of 16 sessions again.
I am sure this would not be hard to implement using something like tightVNC.
But here's one already off the shelf:
QQSoft Multi-RemoteDesktop Spy 2.2
screenshot: http://www.download25.com/media/screenshots/66700.jpg
download: http://www.download25.com/qqsoft-multi-remotedesktop-spy-download.html
http://www.daolnwod.com/hb-multi-remote-control.html
Multi-Screen Remote Desktop
http://www.digitalbeijing.net/screen/index.htm