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On premises, remotely managed, host computers for virtual desktops

  • US 10,439,988 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2014
  • Issued: 10/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer system comprising:

  • a service provider management system on a service provider computer network, the service provider management system including a resource management system;

    a plurality of enterprise computer networks, each enterprise computer network being a private tenant network distinct from each other enterprise computer network and distinct from the service provider computer network, each enterprise computer network being associated with a corresponding tenant and wherein each enterprise computer network includes one or more desktop hosts residing on the respective enterprise computer network and connected through a firewall to a publicly accessible computer network, wherein each desktop host is configured to support one or more virtual desktops residing on the respective enterprise computer network;

    the resource management system connecting to the one or more desktop hosts on each of the plurality of enterprise computer networks, such connection enabling the resource management system to provision virtual desktops for each particular tenant on the one or more desktop hosts, wherein the virtual desktops for a particular desktop host are provisioned using resources on the corresponding enterprise computer network behind the firewall with respect to the publicly accessible computer network and the service provider computer network,the resource management system at the service provider management system being configured to provide provisioning instructions to the one or more desktop hosts residing on respective enterprise computer networks through the connection to the respective enterprise computer networks in response to management instructions of the service provider management system, wherein the provisioning instructions provide instructions for provisioning the virtual desktops hosted by the respective one or more desktop hosts residing on the respective enterprise computer networks, and wherein the service provider management system is in communication with the resource management system to track resources available for the respective enterprises;

    the virtual desktops being accessible by client computers associated with a particular tenant over the corresponding enterprise computer network and over the publicly accessible computer network though a virtual private network extending the corresponding enterprise computer network, the virtual desktops being used by users on the client end points to access the resources on the enterprise computer network.

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