Adapting remote display protocols to remote applications
AssigneeVMware, Inc.
InventorsJinxing HU, Wei HU, Aaron HOU, Yuping WEI, Tang JIA
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Abstract
A method of connecting to a remote virtual application is carried out at a remote desktop client. The steps of the method include transmitting a request for virtual application connection information, receiving, in response to the request, a path to an executable file, a name or identifier of a remote display protocol, and an indication of a protocol configuration associated with a first virtual application, and causing the executable file for the first virtual application to be launched in a virtual computing instance and accessing the first virtual application using the remote display protocol and the protocol configuration.
Claims20
A method of accessing virtual applications executing within a virtual computing instance hosted on a remote server, comprising:
- transmitting, by a remote desktop client, a request for virtual application connection information;
- receiving, in response to the request, a path to an executable file, a name or identifier of a remote display protocol, and an indication of a protocol configuration, associated with a first virtual application;
- and
- causing the executable file for the first virtual application to be launched in the virtual computing instance and accessing the first virtual application using the remote display protocol and the protocol configuration.
A method of providing access to a virtual application executing within a virtual computing instance hosted on a remote server, comprising:
- receiving, from a remote desktop client, a request for virtual application connection information;
- determining a path to an executable file, a remote display protocol, and a protocol configuration, associated with a first virtual application;
- and
- transmitting, to the remote desktop client, the path to the executable file, a name or identifier of the remote display protocol, and an indication of the protocol configuration, associated with the first virtual application.
A virtualized desktop infrastructure system comprising:
- a remote desktop client;
- a connection server;
- and
- a remote server,
- wherein the remote desktop client is configured to:
- transmit a request for virtual application information, the virtual application executing within a virtual computing instance hosted on the remote server;
- receive, in response to the request, a path to an executable file, a name or identifier of a remote display protocol, and an indication of a protocol configuration, associated with a first virtual application;
- wherein the connection server is configured to:
- receive the request for virtual application information;
- determine the path to an executable file, the remote display protocol, and the protocol configuration, associated with the first virtual application;
- and
- transmit, to the remote desktop client, the path to an executable file, the name or identifier of the remote display protocol, and the indication of the protocol configuration, associated with the first virtual application;
- and
- wherein the remote server is configured to cause the virtual application to be launched in the virtual computing instance hosted thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.