Method and Apparatus for Providing Browsing Capability Between Remote/Virtual Windows and From Remote/Virtual Windows to Conventional Hypertext Documents

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• providing a server computing device configured to run a Remoting Engine hosting a remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session;
• providing a client computing device configured to run a Remoting Engine client, which utilizes a client web view to request and render content at a given URL or URI;
• establishing a remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session between the client computing device and the server computing device wherein the established remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session is displayed to a user within a top level container of the client web view;
• upon a navigation action on a navigational link, which includes a destination URL path or URI path, on the server computing device, by a user browsing the established remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session:
• parsing, by a processor, navigation event data, including a URL or URI, from the navigational link;
• passing, by the processor, the navigation event data to the Remoting Engine on the server computing device hosting the remote graphical desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session;
• reloading, by the processor, the top level container of the client web view with content provided at the destination URL or URI.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• providing a server computing device configured to run a Remoting Engine hosting a remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session;
• modifying a navigational link, which includes a destination URL path or URI path, on the server computing device, to generate a pop-out link, wherein the pop-out link includes an identifier in addition to the destination URL or URI of the pop-out link;
• providing a client computing device configured to run a Remoting Engine client, which utilizes a client web view to request and render content at a given URL or URI;
• establishing a remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session between the client computing device and the server computing device wherein the established remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session is displayed to a user within a top level container of the client web view;
• upon a navigation action on the pop-out link by a user browsing the established remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session:
• parsing, by a processor, navigation event data, including a pop-out link identifier and URL or URI, from the pop-out link;
• passing, by the processor, the pop-out link navigation event data to the Remoting Engine on the server computing device hosting the remote graphical desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session;
• Upon recognizing the pop-out link identifier, reloading, by the processor, the top level container of the client web view with content provided at the destination URL or URI;

A server apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to run a Remoting Engine hosting a remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session, the at least one processor configured to perform:

• modifying a navigational link, which includes a destination URL path or URI path, on the server apparatus, to generate a pop-out link, wherein the pop-out link includes an identifier in addition to the destination URL or URI of the pop-out link;
• establishing a remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session between the server apparatus and a client computing device configured to run a Remoting Engine client, which utilizes a client web view to request and render content at a given URL or URI, wherein the established remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session is displayed to a user within a top level container of the client web view;
• upon a navigation action on the pop-out link by a user browsing the established remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session:
• parsing, by a processor, navigation event data, including a pop-out link identifier and URL or URI, from the pop-out link;
• passing, by the processor, the pop-out link navigation event data to the Remoting Engine on the server apparatus hosting the remote graphical desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session;
• upon recognizing the pop-out link identifier, reloading, by the processor, the top level container of the client web view with content provided at the destination URL or URI;