US 6,463,459 B1 · System and method for executing commands associated with specific virtual desktop

Abstract

A system and method for executing commands on a specific virtual desktop operating in a multi-user server environment. The present invention provides a system and method for executing commands associated with a specific virtual desktop. A virtual process broker (20) running on a server communicates with a remote requester and multiple virtual desktops. A virtual process agent (24) running in each of the virtual desktops communicates with the virtual process broker. A virtual desktop identifier is assigned to each of the virtual desktops and communicated to the virtual process broker. The virtual process broker records a status for the virtual desktop identifier in a virtual process broker database. Later, a remote requester such as a remote system or a virtual desktop generates a command request that is received by the virtual broker. The virtual broker determines whether the user associated with the command request is currently logged in by querying the virtual process broker database. If the user is logged in and the command request needs the first virtual desktop to perform some action, the virtual process broker forwards the request to the virtual process agent associated with the command request. The virtual process agent then initiates any actions requested in the command request.

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Dependent claims

A method for executing actions on a plurality of virtual desktops running on a server computer, the method comprising:

running the plurality of virtual desktops on the server computer, each of the virtual desktops being unable to communicate directly with each other;
running a virtual broker on the server computer;
running within each of the plurality of virtual desktops a virtual agent that communicates with the virtual broker;
receiving a command at the server computer to initiate an action associated with a selected virtual desktop of the plurality of virtual desktops:
forwarding the command to the virtual broker:
determining at the virtual broker whether the selected virtual desktop associated with the command is available;
and
if the selected virtual desktop associated with the command is available, sending a request to the virtual agent associated with the command to execute the command.

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A method for executing commands associated with one of a plurality of virtual desktops in a multi-user server environment, the method comprising:

(a) running a first process on a server capable of communicating with a remote requester and the plurality of virtual desktops;
(b) running a second process in at least one of the plurality of virtual desktops that communicates with the first process;
(c) providing a virtual desktop identifier to the first process, for each of the virtual desktops running the second process;
(d) recording a status for the virtual desktop identifier in a database;
(e) receiving a command request in the first process that was preprocessed by the server;
(f) determining the status for the virtual process identifier associated with the command request based on an entry in the database;
and
(g) initiating actions requested in the command request.

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In a multi-user server environment, a computer-readable medium holding instructions for performing a method for executing commands associated with one of a plurality of virtual desktops, the method comprising:

(a) running a first process on a server capable of communicating with a remote requester and the plurality of virtual desktops;
(b) running a second process in at least one of the plurality of virtual desktops that communicates with the first process;
(c) providing a virtual desktop identifier to the first process for each of the virtual desktops running the second process;
(d) recording a status for the virtual desktop identifier in a database;
(e) receiving a command request in the first process that was preprocessed by the server;
(f) determining the status for the virtual process identifier associated with the command request based on an entry in the database;
and
(g) initiating actions requested in the command request.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for executing commands associated with specific virtual desktop

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