REMOTE COMPUTING SESSION FEATURE DIFFERENTIATION

• US 20090327498A1
• Filed: 06/27/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: OU, JIAZHI, SOMENDRA, ARUNA, BROCKWAY, TAD, SAMPATH, SRIRAM
• Granted Patent: US 8,688,845 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

Example embodiments of the present disclosure are related to terminal servers. In an example embodiment a license can be associated with, or define, a set of capabilities and a session can be generated that includes the capabilities. In an example embodiment the session can be generated in view of a license and privileges that are associated with an account identifier of a user requesting a session from a terminal server.

Claims

1. A remote computing method, the method comprising:

determining, from a license, a service level for a terminal service session, wherein the service level defines capabilities of the terminal service session;

determining, from an account identifier, privileges associated with the account identifier;

generating a customized terminal service session in accordance with the determined service level and the determined privileges, wherein the capabilities of the service level define a maximum level of service for the session and privileges that conflict with the capabilities of the service level are overruled; and

transmitting draw commands for a user interface of the customized terminal service session to a client.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the customized terminal service session, wherein the customized terminal service session includes access rights defined by the license.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the customized terminal service session, wherein the customized terminal service session includes display settings defined by the license.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the customized terminal service session, wherein the customized terminal service session is assigned a hardware resource level defined in the license.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the customized terminal service session, wherein the customized terminal service session includes peripheral device redirection capabilities defined by the license.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a signal indicative of a selected capability;

transmitting a signal indicative of the selected capability to a service provider; and

receiving a license that includes the selected capability from the service provider.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the license from a database using predetermined criteria.

8. A system for customizing sessions, the system comprising:

circuitry for receiving an account identifier from a network connected computer system, wherein the account identifier is associated with a license;

circuitry for determining, from information in the license, a service level for a terminal server session that includes peripheral redirection capabilities;

circuitry for generating the terminal server session, wherein the terminal server session includes a desktop environment and a peripheral redirection driver; and

circuitry for transmitting draw commands for a user interface of the terminal server session to the networked connected computer system.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

circuitry for generating the terminal server session, wherein the terminal server session is configured to transmit video signals for the session to the networked connected computer system in accordance with information associated with the license.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

circuitry for prioritizing the execution of one or more threads associated with the terminal server session in accordance with information associated with the license.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

circuitry for selecting the license from a database using predetermined criteria.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

circuitry for setting access rights in accordance with information in the license and a policy file.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

circuitry for configuring a display driver in accordance with information associated with the license.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

circuitry for receiving a signal indicative of a selected capability; and

circuitry for transmitting a signal indicative of the selected capability to a service provider; and

circuitry for receiving a license that includes the capability.

15. A computer readable storage medium including computer readable instructions for a thin-client, the computer readable storage medium comprising:

instructions for transmitting a connection request to a networked computer system, wherein the networked computer system is configured to generate a terminal server session;

instructions for transmitting an account identifier to the networked computer system, wherein the account identifier is associated with privileges; and

instructions for receiving instructions to render a user interface for the terminal server session from the networked computer system, wherein the terminal server session is generated in accordance with information stored in a license that defines capabilities for the terminal server session and the privileges, further wherein the information stored in the license defines a maximum level of service for the terminal server session and privileges that conflict with the information stored in the license are overruled.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising:

instructions for storing the license; and

instructions for transmitting the license to the networked client computer system.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further wherein the customized terminal service session includes display settings defined by the license.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further wherein the customized terminal service session is assigned a hardware resource level defined in the license.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further wherein the license was selected from a database using predetermined criteria.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising:

instructions for rendering a user interface configured to display information indicative of one or more service levels; and

instructions for transmitting input indicative of a selection of a service level, wherein the input indicative of the selection of the service level is used to generate the license.