Methods and systems for providing access to a computing environment
AssigneeCitrix Systems, Inc.
InventorsRichard Mazzaferri, David Robinson
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Abstract
A method for providing access to a computing environment includes the step of receiving, by a broker machine, a request from a client machine for access to a computing environment, the request including an identification of a user of the client machine. One of a plurality of virtual machines is identified, the identified virtual machine providing the requested computing environment. One of a plurality of execution machines is identified, the identified execution machine executing a hypervisor providing access to hardware resources required by the identified virtual machine. A connection is established between the client machine and the identified virtual machine.
Claims37
A method of providing access to a computing environment, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving, by a broker machine, a request from a client machine for access to a computing environment, the request including an identification of a user of the client machine;
- (b) identifying one of a plurality of virtual machines, the identified virtual machine providing the requested computing environment;
- (c) identifying one of a plurality of execution machines, the identified execution machine executing a hypervisor providing access to hardware resources required by the identified virtual machine;
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- (d) establishing a connection between the client machine and the identified virtual machine.
An apparatus, in a system providing access to a computing environment by a broker machine to a client machine, an execution machine executing a hypervisor providing access to hardware resources required by the computing environment, the apparatus comprising:
- an identification component in communication with a virtual machine management component and receiving an identification of one of a plurality of virtual machines, the identified virtual machine providing a requested computing environment;
- an execution component provisioning the identified virtual machine;
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- a management component establishing a connection between the client machine and the identified virtual machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.