Using drag-and-drop to open local files remotely
AssigneeOmnissa, LLC
InventorsSteven Liu, Songli Li, Tong Zhao, Yanchao Zhang, Lin Lv, Mac Lu, Yue Zhao, Ken Song
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Abstract
Disclosed are various approaches for using drag-and-drop to open local files remotely. In one approach, a client device renders a user interface including a first indicium corresponding to a local file of the client device and a second indicium corresponding to a remotely executed application. A drag-and-drop action of the first indicium relative to the second indicium is detected. Responsive to the drag-and-drop action, the remotely executed application opens a copy of the local file.
Claims20
A system for opening a local file remotely, comprising:
- at least one computing device comprising a processor and a memory;
- and
- machine readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the at least one computing device to at least:
- receive a user request to open the local file of a client device remotely;
- identify a remotely executed application to open the local file;
- cause the client device to automatically transfer the local file to a remote data store accessible to the remotely executed application;
- and
- cause the remotely executed application to open a copy of the local file from the remote data store.
A method for opening a local file remotely, comprising:
- receiving a user request to open the local file of a client device remotely;
- identifying a remote desktop environment to open the local file;
- causing the client device to automatically transfer the local file to a remote data store accessible to the remote desktop environment;
- and
- causing a remotely executed application in the remote desktop environment to open a copy of the local file from the remote data store.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising machine readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a client device, cause the client device to at least:
- receive a user request to open a local file from the client device in a remotely executed application;
- automatically transfer the local file to a remote data store accessible to the remotely executed application;
- and
- automatically cause the remotely executed application to open a copy of the local file from the remote data store.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.