Remote machine management

• US 10,637,749 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Issued: 04/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Chukka, Ravikiran, Prakash, Gyan, Poornachandran, Rajesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Asres, Hermon
• Application Number:
  US13/991,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20140325046A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,050 Days
• Field of Search: 709223, 709225
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

Various systems and techniques for remote machine management are described. Simulated device input (SDI) may be received from a source machine at a device driver module of a target machine, the source machine is remote from the target machine. The SDI may correspond to a local target input device serviced by the device driver module. The SDI may be provided to a consumer of the device driver module. A representation of a local target machine graphical display may be transmitted to the source machine including a response to the provided SDI.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a device driver module of a target machine, simulated device input, herein referred to as SDI, from a source machine, the SDI in a form specific to a local target input device serviced by the device driver module, the source machine being remote from the target machine;

providing the SDI, without modification, to a consumer of the device driver module; and

transmitting a representation of a graphical display of the target machine'"'"'s to a graphical user interface (GUI) of the source machine including a response to the provided SDI, the GUI providing a representation of device output on the target machine and also providing an interactive input mechanism for devices of the target machine.

2. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the source machine does not have a version of the target input device.

3. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein receiving the SDI from the source machine includes authenticating the source machine.

4. The machine readable medium of claim 3, wherein authenticating the source machine includes authenticating the source machine using a local security module outside of the target machine'"'"'s operating system'"'"'s control.

5. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the target input device is a multi-point touch interface.

6. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the target input device is an accelerometer.

7. A source machine for remote device management, the source machine comprising:

a management module to;

create pass-through simulated device input for a target input device based on a source input device, a selection of the target input device received from a user of the source machine, and a local device driver for the target input device;

transmit the pass-through simulated device input to a device driver module servicing the target input device on a target machine remote from the source machine; and

present, to the user, a representation of a graphical display of the target machine; and

a graphical display to display a graphical user interface (GUI) including a representation of the graphical display of the target machine, the GUI providing a representation of device output on the target machine and also providing an interactive input mechanism for devices of the target machine.

8. The source machine of claim 7, comprising a profile module to translate source input from the source input device into the pass-through simulated device input using the local device driver.

9. The source machine of claim 7, wherein the source input device is a mouse and the target input device is a multi-point touch interface.

10. The source machine of claim 7, wherein the source input device is a mouse and the target input device is a proximity sensor.

11. A target machine for remote device management, the target machine comprising:

a device driver module on the target machine, the device driver module to;

service a target device for the target machine; and

receive simulated device input, herein referred to as SDI, from a source machine, the SDI based on a source input device and a selection of the target input device received from a user of the source machine; and

provide the SDI, without modification, to a consumer of the device driver module, the consumer being local to the target machine; and

a graphical display module on the target machine, the graphical display module to transmit the representation of the graphical display to a graphical user interface (GUI) on the source machine, the GUI providing a representation of device output on the target machine and also providing an interactive input mechanism for devices of the target machine.

12. The target machine of claim 11, wherein the source machine does not have a version of the target input device.

13. The target machine of claim 11, wherein to receive the SDI from the source machine the device driver module is to authenticate the source machine.

14. The target machine of claim 13, wherein to authenticate the source machine the device driver module is to use a local security module outside an operating system of the target'"'"'s control.

15. The target machine of claim 13, wherein to authenticate the source machine the local security module is to identify a set of permitted consumers;

and wherein the consumer is in the set of permitted consumers.

16. The target machine of claim 11, wherein the target input device is a multi-point touch interface.

17. The target machine of claim 11, wherein the target input device is an accelerometer.

18. A system for remote device management, the system comprising:

a management module on a source machine, the management module to;

create pass-through simulated device input for a target input device based on a source input device, a selection of the target input device received from a user of the source machine, and a local device driver for the target input device;

transmit the pass-through simulated device input to a target machine remote from the source machine; and

present, to the user, a representation of a graphical display of the target machine;

a device driver module on the target machine, the device driver module to;

service the target input device for the target machine;

receive the pass-through simulated device input; and

provide the pass-through simulated device input, without modification, to a consumer of the device driver module, the consumer being local to the target machine; and

a graphical display module on the target machine, the graphical display module to transmit the representation of the graphical display to a graphical user interface (GUI) on the source machine, the GUI providing a representation of device output on the target machine and also providing an interactive input mechanism for devices of the target machine.

19. The system of claim 18, comprising a profile module to translate source input from the source input device into the pass-through simulated device input using the local device driver.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the source input device is a mouse and the target input device is a multi-point touch interface.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the source input device is a mouse and the target input device is a proximity sensor.