Methods and systems for conducting a remote desktop session via HTML that supports a 2D canvas and dynamic drawing

A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processing system to perform a method of facilitating conducting a remote desktop session between a web browser of a client device and a remote machine via a transcoding server in real time and utilizing hypertext markup language (HTML) that supports a two-dimensional (2D) canvas and dynamic drawing, the instructions comprising code for:

• receiving, at the transcoding server, a user input request from the web browser at the client device for access and control of a remote desktop of the remote machine, wherein the web browser supports a 2D canvas and dynamic drawing, the remote desktop including a remote application configured to be viewable on the web browser at the client device;
• translating, at the transcoding server, the user input request into an input command compatible with a remote desktop display protocol to be utilized by the transcoding server for facilitating communication with the remote machine;
• receiving, at the transcoding server, a remote desktop drawing command from the remote machine in response to the input command;
• translating, at the transcoding server, the remote desktop drawing command into a drawing update compatible with HTML, wherein the drawing update comprises an image file and drawing coordinates for the image file, wherein translating the remote desktop drawing command into the drawing update comprises:
• translating the remote desktop drawing command into a Java graphics drawing command;
• and
• updating a portion of a Java bitmap using the Java graphics drawing command, wherein the Java bitmap is off-screen in a drawing commands queue of the transcoding server and represents an entire image of the remote desktop of the remote machine;
• placing, at the transcoding server, the drawing coordinates into a cookie;
• and
• providing the drawing update to the web browser in a response, wherein the response comprises the cookie;
• wherein the transcoding server is an intermediary between the remote machine and the client device, and wherein the transcoding server is physically separate from the remote machine.

An apparatus for facilitating conducting a remote desktop session between a web browser of a client device and a remote machine via a transcoding server in real time and utilizing hypertext markup language (HTML) that supports a two-dimensional (2D) canvas and dynamic drawing, the apparatus comprising:

• a non-transitory memory;
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor located at a transcoding server and configured to:
• receive a user input request from the web browser at the client device for access and control of a remote desktop of the remote machine, wherein the web browser supports a 2D canvas and dynamic drawing, the remote desktop including a remote application configured to be viewable on the web browser at the client device;
• translate the user input request into an input command compatible with a remote desktop display protocol to be utilized by the transcoding server for facilitating communication with the remote machine;
• receive a remote desktop drawing command from the remote machine in response to the input command;
• translate the remote desktop drawing command into a drawing update compatible with HTML, wherein the drawing update comprises an image file and drawing coordinates for the image file, wherein translating the remote desktop drawing command into the drawing update comprises:
• translating the remote desktop drawing command into a Java graphics drawing command;
• and
• updating a portion of a Java bitmap using the Java graphics drawing command, wherein the Java bitmap is off-screen in a drawing commands queue of the transcoding server and represents an entire image of the remote desktop of the remote machine;
• place the drawing coordinates into a cookie;
• and
• provide the drawing update to the web browser in a response, wherein the response comprises the cookie;
• wherein the transcoding server is an intermediary between the remote machine and the client device, and wherein the transcoding server is physically separate from the remote machine.