Microsoft patents video encoding setup for remote desktops
This patent describes a method for sending computer screen images to a remote device by using a specific video encoder. The system separates the encoder from the main video driver and selects the right encoder based on instructions from the remote access protocol.
In the filing’s own words
Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for facilitating advanced video encoding in a remote desktop environment. In embodiments, graphical data for presenting in association with a remote desktop client device is obtained at a video driver of a remote desktop server. The graphical data may be provided to a video encoder logically separated from the video driver. The video encoder can then encode the graphical data. The encoded graphical data may be provided to a remote access protocol stack in a terminal service of the remote desktop server for transmitting the encoded graphical data to the remote desktop client device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computing system comprising: a processor; and computer storage memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, configure the computing system to perform operations comprising: obtaining, at a video driver of a remote desktop server, graphical data for presenting in association with a remote desktop client device; receiving, by the video driver, from a remote access protocol stack in a terminal service of the remote desktop server, an encoding indicator that includes an indication of a video encoder to be used for encoding in association with a remote desktop session, wherein the video encoder is logically separated from the video driver; initiating the video encoder based on the encoding indicator; providing the graphical data to the video encoder; encoding, via the video encoder, the graphical data; and providing the encoded graphical data to the remote access protocol stack for transmitting the encoded graphical data to the remote desktop client device.
Facts
- Company
- Microsoft (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)
- Official title
- Advanced video encoding in a remote desktop environment
- Patent number
- US12762747B2
- Application number
- 18651170
- Filed
- Apr 30, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 17
Classified under
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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