Methods and systems for incorporating at least one window from a first desktop environment having a first themed graphical display into a second desktop environment having a second themed graphical display

A method for incorporating at least one remote window from a remote desktop environment into a local desktop environment, the method comprising:

• (a) receiving, via a first virtual channel coupled to a remote desktop environment, graphical data associated with a remote window, the remote window comprising:
• (i) a client area within the remote window displaying output data, and (ii) a non-client area within the remote window displaying graphical user interface elements generated according to a first graphical theme of the remote desktop environment;
• (b) receiving, via a second virtual channel coupled to the remote desktop environment, screen coordinates for the client area within the remote window;
• (c) forming, by a local agent, a corresponding window in a local desktop environment displayed according to a second graphical theme of the local desktop environment, the corresponding window comprising:
• (i) a local client area within the corresponding window bounded by the received screen coordinates, and (ii) a local non-client area within the corresponding window displaying graphical user interface elements generated according to the second graphical theme;
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• (d) displaying a portion of the graphical data received from the first virtual channel bounded by the received screen coordinates in the local client area.

An article of manufacture having computer readable instructions thereon that when executed cause a processor to incorporate at least one remote window from a remote desktop environment into a local desktop environment, the computer readable instructions comprising:

• instructions to receive, via a first virtual channel coupled to a remote desktop environment, graphical data associated with a remote window, the remote window comprising:
• (i) a client area within the remote window displaying output data, and (ii) a non-client area within the remote window displaying graphical user interface elements generated according to a first graphical theme of the remote desktop environment;
• instructions to receive, via a second virtual channel coupled to the remote desktop environment, screen coordinates for the client area within the remote window;
• instructions to form, by a local agent, a corresponding window in a local desktop environment displayed according to a second graphical theme of the local desktop environment, the corresponding window comprising:
• (i) a local client area within the corresponding window bounded by the received screen coordinates, and (ii) a local non-client area within the corresponding window displaying graphical user interface elements generated according to the second graphical theme;
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• instructions for displaying a portion of the graphical data received from the first virtual channel bounded by the received screen coordinates in the local client area.