Facilitating access to multiple instances of a legacy application task through summary representations

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing content for controlling a client computing system to facilitate access to multiple copies of a designated legacy task of a single instance of a hierarchical menu-based legacy application executing on a remote host computer system, wherein each legacy task including the designated legacy task corresponds to a code module accessible from a single menu or sub-menu item of the menu-based legacy application and wherein each of the multiple copies is a separate instance of the same designated legacy task of the single instance of the hierarchical menu-based legacy application, by performing a method comprising:

• receiving an indication of a request to copy the designated legacy task of the legacy application;
• responsive to the received request, causing one or more separate sessions to be started with the multiple copies of the same designated legacy task of the single instance of the hierarchical menu-based legacy application, each copy of the same legacy task executing on the remote host computing system and having an associated state;
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• upon receiving a request to access one of the multiple copies of the executing designated legacy task, displaying, in a single task workspace area, associated summary representations of each of the copies of the executing designated legacy task to facilitate user selection on the client computing system of a desired copy of the executing designated legacy task, each summary representation identifying the associated copy and identifying the associated state of the same executing legacy task.

A computer system configured to facilitate access to multiple copies of a designated legacy task of a single instance of a hierarchical menu-based legacy application executing on a remote host computer system, wherein each legacy task including the designated legacy task corresponds to a code module accessible from a single menu or sub-menu item of the menu-based legacy application and wherein each of the multiple copies is a separate instance of the same designated legacy task of the single instance of the hierarchical menu-based legacy application, comprising:

• a memory;
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• a module stored on the memory that is configured, when executed to:
• receive an indication of a request to copy the designated legacy task of the legacy application;
• responsive to the received request, cause one or more separate sessions to be started with the multiple copies of the same designated legacy task of the single instance of the hierarchical menu-based legacy application, each copy of the designated legacy task executing on the remote host computing system and having an associated state;
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• upon receiving a request to access one of the multiple copies of the executing designated legacy task, display, in a single task workspace area, associated summary representations of each of the copies of the executing designated legacy task to facilitate user selection on a client computing system of a desired copy of the executing designated legacy task, each summary representation identifying the associated copy and identifying the associated state of the executing designated legacy task.