Media optimization of browser-based real-time communications applications in a virtual desktop environment

A computing device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to perform the steps of:
• establishing a virtual desktop session between a client device and a virtual desktop hosted on a server over a network connection;
• receiving a request to launch a real-time communication (RTC) application on a web browser operating on the virtual desktop, wherein the RTC application is configured to communicate multimedia data with a remote peer device;
• intercepting a session initiation message sent from the RTC application;
• overriding the session initiation message by replacing at least a portion of content of the session initiation message with information obtained from the client device;
• and
• forwarding the session initiation message including the information obtained from the client device to the remote peer device, wherein based on the session initiation message, a secured channel is established directly between the remote peer device and the client device and the multimedia data is directly communicated over the secured channel thereby bypassing network transmission of the multimedia data to the virtual desktop.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions, the instructions when executed by one or more processors causing the one or more processors to execute the operations of:

• establishing a virtual desktop session between a client device and a virtual desktop hosted on a server over a network connection;
• receiving a request to launch a real-time communication (RTC) application on a web browser operating on the virtual desktop, wherein the RTC application is configured to communicate multimedia data with a remote peer device;
• intercepting a session initiation message sent from the RTC application;
• overriding the session initiation message by replacing at least a portion of content of the session initiation message with information obtained from the client device;
• and
• forwarding the session initiation message including the information obtained from the client device to the remote peer device, wherein based on the session initiation message, a secured channel is established directly between the remote peer device and the client device and the multimedia data is directly communicated over the secured channel thereby bypassing network transmission of the multimedia data to the virtual desktop.