Gateway that enables a browser-based application to communicate with a server-side application using a non-browser-compatible protocol

A method, implemented by a first server, of enabling a browser-based application that is executed within a browser on a client device to employ a non-browser-supported application layer protocol to communicate with an application hosted on a second server for which the first server functions as a gateway, the method comprising:

• receiving, from the browser-based application that is executed within a browser on a client device and is therefore limited to using browser-supported application layer protocols to communicate over a network, a request to access the application hosted on the second server;
• binding an instance of a transcoder process to a gateway service hosted on the first server, the transcoder process being configured to communicate with the browser-based application that is executed within the browser on the client device using a browser-supported application layer protocol;
• receiving, by the transcoder process and from the browser-based application, one or more packets sent by the browser-based application using the browser-supported application layer protocol, the one or more packets encapsulating data that the browser-based application formatted in accordance with the non-browser supported application layer protocol;
• for each of the one or more packets:
• extracting, from the packet that was sent by the browser-based application that is executed within the browser on the client device and received by the transcoder process using the browser-supported application layer protocol, the data formatted in accordance with the non-browser-supported application layer protocol;
• appending one or more headers to the data, the one or more headers corresponding to a gateway protocol employed by the gateway service, the one or more headers being configured to cause the gateway service to forward one or more packets containing the data to the application hosted on the second server;
• and
• submitting the data with the appended one or more headers to the gateway service.

One or more computer storage media storing computer-executable instructions which when executed in a server environment implement a method for enabling a browser-based application that is executed within a browser on a client device to communicate with a remote display server that employs a remote display protocol for communicating over a network, the method comprising:

• receiving, from the browser-based application that is executed within a browser on a client device and is therefore limited to using browser-supported application layer protocols to communicate over a network, a request to access the remote display server;
• in response to the request, binding an instance of a transcoder process to the remote display server, the transcoder process being configured to communicate with the browser-based application that is executed within the browser on the client device using a browser-supported application layer protocol;
• receiving, by the instance of the transcoder process and from the browser-based application, one or more packets sent by the browser-based application using the browser-supported application layer protocol, the one or more packets encapsulating data that the browser-based application formatted in accordance with remote display protocol;
• extracting, by the instance of the transcoder process, the data formatted in accordance with the remote display protocol from the one or more packets that were sent by the browser-based application that is executed within the browser on the client device and received by the transcoder process using the browser-supported application layer protocol;
• submitting the data formatted in accordance with the remote display protocol to the remote display server;
• receiving, by the instance of the transcoder process and from the remote display server, data formatted in accordance with the remote display protocol;
• creating one or more packets formatted in accordance with the browser-supported application layer protocol and including the data formatted in accordance with the remote display protocol within the one or more packets;
• and
• sending the one or more packets formatted in accordance with the browser-supported application layer protocol to the browser-based application that is executed within the browser on the client device.