Methods and Systems for Incorporating at Least One Window From a First Desktop Environment Having a First Themed Graphical Display into a Second Desktop Environment Having a Second Themed Graphical Display

• US 20090106662A1
• Filed: 11/16/2007
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Original Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: RIVERA, Juan, PETROV, Julian, YE, Ning
• Granted Patent: US 8,046,695 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/740
• 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

Abstract

A system for incorporating at least one window from a first desktop environment having a first themed graphical display into a second desktop environment having a second themed graphical display includes a first virtual channel, a second virtual channel, and a local agent. The first virtual channel conveys graphical data associated with a window in the first desktop environment comprising a client area and a window rectangle. The second virtual channel conveys window attribute data associated with the window and including screen coordinates for the client area. A local agent forms a corresponding window in the second desktop environment, the corresponding window displaying the graphical data received from the first virtual channel in a local client area displayed at screen coordinates in accordance with the received window attribute data, the corresponding window having a local window rectangle displayed according to a second graphical theme.

Claims

1. A system for incorporating at least one remote window from a remote desktop environment having a first themed graphical display into a local desktop environment having a second themed graphical display, the system comprising:

a first virtual channel coupled to a remote desktop environment and conveying graphical data associated with a remote window, the remote window comprising a client area and a window rectangle, the remote desktop environment displayed according to a first graphical theme;

a second virtual channel coupled to the remote desktop environment and conveying window attribute data associated with the remote window, the window attribute data including screen coordinates for the client area; and

a local agent coupled to the remote desktop environment via the first and second virtual channels, the local agent directing the formation of a corresponding local window in a local desktop environment displayed according to a second graphical theme, the corresponding local window comprising a local client area displaying the graphical data conveyed by the first virtual channel, displayed at screen coordinates within the local desktop environment in accordance with the window attribute data conveyed by the second virtual channel, and having a local window rectangle displayed according to a second graphical theme.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a first machine generating the remote desktop environment and providing, to a user of a second machine, access to the remote desktop environment.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the local agent executes on the second machine displaying the local desktop environment to a user.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising a remote agent transmitting, to a local machine, an instruction for directing the formation of the corresponding local window.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a remote agent including a detection process determining whether to transmit, to the local agent, the screen coordinates for the client area.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the local agent further comprises a transmitter for sending, to a remote agent, window attribute data associated with the client area of the corresponding window.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the screen coordinates for the client area identify an area in a window rectangle that excludes a title bar.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the screen coordinates for the client area identify an area in a window rectangle that excludes a border of the window rectangle.

9. A method for incorporating at least one remote window from a remote desktop environment into a local desktop environment, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving, via a first virtual channel coupled to a remote desktop environment displayed according to a first graphical theme, graphical data associated with a remote window comprising a client area and a window rectangle;

(b) receiving, via a second virtual channel coupled to the remote desktop environment, window attribute data associated with the remote window and including screen coordinates for the client area; and

(c) forming, by a local agent, a corresponding window in a local desktop environment displayed according to a second graphical theme, the corresponding window displaying the graphical data received from the first virtual channel in a local client area, the local client area displayed at screen coordinates in accordance with the window attribute data received from the second virtual channel, the corresponding window having a local window rectangle displayed according to a second graphical theme.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein step (b) comprises receiving, from a remote agent via the second virtual channel, an instruction for directing the formation of the corresponding local window.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of determining, by a remote agent, whether to transmit, to the local agent, the screen coordinates for the client area.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of executing, by a remote agent, a detection process to determine whether to transmit, to the local agent, the screen coordinates for the client area.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of determining, by a remote agent, whether to transmit, to the local agent, the screen coordinates for the client area, responsive to an application of a policy to the remote window.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of transmitting, by the local agent, to a remote agent, window attribute data associated with the client area of the corresponding window.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of transmitting, by the remote agent, to a resource generating output data displayed in the remote window, an instruction to modify the remote window, responsive to the received window attribute data.

16. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of receiving, by a remote agent, an instruction for processing by a resource generating output data displayed in the remote window.

17. A computer readable medium having instructions thereon that when executed cause a processor to incorporate at least one remote window from a remote desktop environment into a local desktop environment, the computer readable medium comprising:

instructions to receive, via a first virtual channel coupled to a remote desktop environment displayed according to a first graphical theme, graphical data associated with a remote window comprising a client area and a window rectangle;

instructions to receive, via a second virtual channel coupled to the remote desktop environment, window attribute data associated with the remote window and including screen coordinates for the client area; and

instructions to form, by a local agent, a corresponding window in a local desktop environment displayed according to a second graphical theme, the corresponding window displaying the graphical data received from the first virtual channel in a local client area, the local client area displayed at screen coordinates in accordance with the window attribute data received from the second virtual channel, the corresponding window having a local window rectangle displayed according to a second graphical theme.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions to receive, from a remote agent via the second virtual channel, an instruction for directing the formation of the corresponding local window.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions to determine, by a remote agent, whether to transmit, to the local agent, the screen coordinates for the client area.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions to execute, by a remote agent, a detection process to determine whether to transmit, to the local agent, the screen coordinates for the client area.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions to determine, by a remote agent, whether to transmit, to the local agent, the screen coordinates for the client area, responsive to an application of a policy to the remote window.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions to transmit, by the local agent, to a remote agent, window attribute data associated with the client area of the corresponding window.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 22 further comprising instructions to transmit, by the remote agent, to a resource generating output data displayed in the remote window, an instruction to modify the remote window, responsive to the received window attribute data.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions to receive, by a remote agent, an instruction for processing by a resource generating output data displayed in the remote window.