US 11,733,857 B2
Graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling virtual workspaces produced across information handling systems (IHSs)
Spencer G. Bull, Cedar Park, TX (US); Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Amsterdam (NL); and Mark R. Ligameri, Decatur, GA (US)
Assigned to Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/509,923.
Application 17/509,923 is a continuation of application No. 17/093,161, filed on Nov. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,157,160.
Prior Publication US 2022/0147208 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0486 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); G06F 9/452 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
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1. A first Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the first IHS to:
establish a virtual workspace across a first display and a second display, at least in part, through a backend IHS;
provide a virtual workspace interface on the first display, wherein the virtual workspace interface comprises a first graphical representation of the first IHS and a second graphical representation of a second IHS, and a first instance of an application window displayed on the first display;
in response to a user dragging the first instance of an application window displayed on the first display to the second graphical representation of the second IHS, cause a second instance of the application window to be rendered on the second display;
in response to the user dragging the second graphical representation of the second IHS onto the first graphical representation of the first IHS, send a message to the backend server directing the backend server to create or modify a virtual workspace topology in which the displays of the first IHS and the second IHS are fused, wherein the message is configured to cause the backend IHS to send subsequent messages for orchestrating the first IHS and the second IHS into the virtual workspace topology;
receive one of the subsequent messages about the virtual workspace topology;
display a fusion control in the virtual workspace interface, the fusion control comprising a graphical virtual workspace topology representation that is selectable to reposition the displays of the first IHS and the second IHS relative to each other.