Methods and systems for facilitating accessing and controlling a remote desktop of a remote machine in real time by a windows web browser utilizing HTTP

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, the instructions, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to:

• receive a long polling HTTP request from a client device, the long polling request comprising a drawing request;
• determine whether a remote desktop drawing command is pending;
• in response to determining that no remote desktop drawing command is pending, hold the long polling HTTP request until a remote desktop drawing command is received;
• receive a remote desktop drawing command based on an image of a remote desktop of a remote machine, wherein the remote desktop drawing command is compatible with a remote desktop display protocol of the remote machine;
• translate the remote desktop drawing command into a web browser drawing update that is compatible with a web browser;
• and
• respond to the long polling HTTP request request by providing the web browser drawing update utilizing hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) during a remote desktop session between a client device for the web browser and the remote machine,
• wherein (i) the remote desktop display protocol is a push protocol, (ii) HTTP is a pull protocol, and (iii) the web browser comprises a windows web browser.

An apparatus for facilitating accessing and controlling a remote desktop of a remote machine in real time by a web browser at a client device via a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) utilizing a web server, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer readable memory coupled to the processor;
• instructions stored in the non-transitory computer readable memory, the instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the processor to:
• receive a long polling HTTP request from a client device, the long polling request comprising a drawing request;
• determine whether a remote desktop drawing command is pending;
• in response to determining that no remote desktop drawing command is pending, hold the long polling HTTP request until a remote desktop drawing command is received;
• receive a remote desktop drawing command based on an image of the remote desktop of the remote machine, wherein the remote desktop drawing command is compatible with a remote desktop display protocol utilized by the remote machine;
• translate the remote desktop drawing command into a web browser drawing update that is compatible with the web browser;
• and
• respond to the long polling HTTP request by providing the web browser drawing update from the web server to the web browser of the client device utilizing HTTP during a remote desktop session between the client device and the remote machine;
• wherein (i) the remote desktop display protocol is a push protocol, (ii) HTTP is a pull protocol, and (iii) the web browser comprises a windows web browser.