SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING EVENTS AT A SERVER TO A REMOTE DEVICE

• US 20100269057A1
• Filed: 08/24/2009
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Marketing Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wyse Technology Incorporated (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Madarakal, Nandakumar Sarun, PAHLAVAN, Babak, Barreto, Daniel Ernesto
• Granted Patent: US 9,444,894 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/773
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0864 Round trip delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0884 by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions

Abstract

Examples of systems and methods are provided for communicating events at a server to a remote client device. A system may allow communication and may provide, to a remote client device, a message related to an event at a server. The system may comprise an agent module configured to receive notification of the event at the server, configured to determine an action, based on the event, to be performed by the remote client device on a graphical user interface (GUI) at the remote client device or a remote view at the remote client device, configured to generate the message based on the determined action, and configured to direct the message to the remote client device. The GUI may be a GUI for controlling an application running on the server from the remote client device, and the remote view may be a view of the application running on the server.

Claims

1. A system for communication and for providing, to a remote client device, a message related to an event at a server, in which the event is in response to one or more user inputs received from the remote client device, comprising:

an agent module configured to receive notification of the event at the server, configured to determine an action, based on the event, to be performed by the remote client device on a graphical user interface (GUI) at the remote client device or a remote view at the remote client device, configured to generate the message based on the determined action, and configured to direct the message to the remote client device,

wherein the GUI is a GUI for controlling an application running on the server from the remote client device, and the remote view is a view of the application running on the server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a click on a textbox, the action is to activate a graphical keyboard of the GUI at the remote client device, and the message comprises a command to activate the graphical keyboard.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a window opening at the server, the action is to display the window within the remote view at the remote client device, and the message comprises coordinates and dimensions of the window.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a pointer on an object of the application at the server, the action is to display substantially the entire object within the remote view at the remote client device, and the message comprises coordinates and dimensions of the object.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the object comprises a picture, an icon, an animation, or video.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a pointer click on a video object, the action is to play a video file associated with the video object at the remote client device, and the message comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) for downloading the video file.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a dialog box opening at the server, the action is to display the dialog box within the remote view at the remote client device, and the message comprises coordinates and dimensions of the dialog box.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the agent module is configured to receive notification of when the dialog box closes at the server, configured to generate a second message informing the remote client device that the dialog box has closed, and directing the second message to the remote client device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the agent module is configured to receive a command message from the remote client device and configured to control the application on the server based on the received command message.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the agent module is configured to resize, move or maximize a view of the application on the server based on the received command message.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the agent module comprises:

a plurality of slave agent modules, wherein each of the slave agent modules is configured to control one of a plurality of different applications on the server based on command messages from the remote client device; and

a master agent module configured to direct command messages, from the remote client device, for one of the plurality of different applications to a corresponding one of the plurality of slave agent modules.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is the server comprising a processing system.

13. A method performed at a server for providing, to a remote client device, a message related to an event at the server, in which the event is in response to one or more user inputs received from the remote client device, comprising:

receiving notification of the event at the server;

determining an action, based on the event, to be performed by the remote client device on a graphical user interface (GUI) at the remote client device or a remote view at the remote client device;

generating the message based on the determined action; and

directing the message to the remote client device,

wherein the GUI is a GUI for controlling an application running on the server from the remote client device, and the remote view is a view of the application running on the server.

14. A machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for providing, to a remote client device, a message related to an event at a server, in which the event is in response to one or more user inputs received from the remote client device, the instructions comprising code for:

receiving notification of the event at the server;

determining an action, based on the event, to be performed by the remote client device on a graphical user interface (GUI) at the remote client device or a remote view at the remote client device;

generating the message based on the determined action; and

directing the message to the remote client device,

wherein the GUI is a GUI for controlling an application running on the server from the remote client device, and the remote view is a view of the application running on the server.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the event comprises a click on a textbox, the action is to activate a graphical keyboard of the GUI at the remote client device, and the message comprises a command to activate the graphical keyboard.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the event comprises a window opening at the server, the action is to display the window within the remote view at the remote client device, and the message comprises coordinates and dimensions of the window.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the event comprises a pointer on an object of the application at the server, the action is to display substantially the entire object within the remote view at the remote client device, and the message comprises coordinates and dimensions of the object.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the object comprises a picture, an icon, an animation, or video.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the event comprises a pointer click on a video object, the action is to play a video file associated with the video object at the remote client device, and the message comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) for downloading the video file.

20. An apparatus for providing, to a remote client device, a message related to an event at the server, in which the event is in response to one or more user inputs received from the remote client device, comprising:

means for receiving notification of the event at the server;

means for determining an action, based on the event, to be performed by the remote client device on a graphical user interface (GUI) at the remote client device or a remote view at the remote client device;

means for generating the message based on the determined action; and

means for directing the message to the remote client device,

wherein the GUI is a GUI for controlling an application running on the server from the remote client device, and the remote view is a view of the application running on the server.