System and method for managing peripherals in a multi-cloud, multi-protocol, multi-desktop environment

A system for controlling a peripheral device among a plurality of peripheral devices in a multi-cloud, multi-desktop environment, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory operatively connected to the processor via a communication network, the memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
• establish a communication link among a remote terminal running on a remote desktop of a user and one or more remote desktop applications corresponding to the plurality of peripheral devices running on vendor specific other remote desktops via the communication network thereby creating a multi-cloud, multi-desktop environment;
• create a synchronization agent via a corresponding application programming interface for each of said vendor specific other remote desktops, wherein the synchronization agent is configured to run on a corresponding terminal of the vendor specific other remote desktops and act as a coordinator for managing the one or more remote desktop applications running on different virtual desktop interface sessions that use different protocol specific to the corresponding vendor specific other remote desktops;
• receive, by utilizing the synchronization agent executed by the processor, commands from said one or more remote desktop applications to control a peripheral device running on each virtual desktop interface session;
• transmit, by utilizing the synchronization agent executed by the processor, each command to a remote driver running on the remote terminal via a corresponding vendor specific virtual channel in an order in which each command is received;
• generate a queue for executing each command based on determining, by utilizing the synchronization agent executed by the processor, which remote desktop among the vendor specific other remote desktops the user is currently active on, and which command should take precedence based on a type of the peripheral device;
• and
• control, by utilizing the synchronization agent executed by the processor, the peripheral device by executing the queue based on the type of the peripheral device within the multi-cloud, multi-desktop environment.

A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions for controlling a peripheral device among a plurality of peripheral devices in a multi-cloud, multi-desktop environment, the instructions, when executed, cause a processor to perform the following:

• establishing a communication link among a remote terminal running on a remote desktop of a user and one or more remote desktop applications corresponding to the plurality of peripheral devices running on vendor specific other remote desktops via a communication network thereby creating a multi-cloud, multi-desktop environment;
• creating a synchronization agent via a corresponding application programming interface for each of said vendor specific other remote desktops, wherein the synchronization agent is configured to run on a corresponding terminal of the vendor specific other remote desktops and act as a coordinator for managing the one or more remote desktop applications running on different virtual desktop interface sessions that use different protocol specific to the corresponding vendor specific other remote desktops;
• receiving, by the synchronization agent executed by the processor, commands from said one or more remote desktop applications to control a peripheral device running on each virtual desktop interface session;
• transmitting, by the synchronization agent executed by the processor, each command to a remote driver running on the remote terminal via a corresponding vendor specific virtual channel in an order in which each command is received;
• generating a queue for executing each command based on determining, by the synchronization agent executed by the processor, which remote desktop among the vendor specific other remote desktops the user is currently active on, and which command should take precedence based on a type of the peripheral device;
• and
• controlling, by the synchronization agent executed by the processor, the peripheral device by executing the queue based on the type of the peripheral device within the multi-cloud, multi-desktop environment.