HOSTED VIRTUAL DESKTOP DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION BASED ON END POINT CHARACTERISTICS

• US 20120226985A1
• Filed: 03/02/2011
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Friedl, Stephan Edward, CHERVETS, Steven, Wesselman, Thomas Martin
• Application Number:
  US13/038,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20120226985A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/735
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131

Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an apparatus comprising a communication interface configured to receive data representative of a virtual desktop, a user interface, and virtual desktop logic coupled with the communication interface and the user interface. The virtual desktop logic determines capabilities of the user interface and provides a virtual desktop on at least one component of the user interface based on the determined capabilities of the user interface.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive data representative of a virtual desktop;

a user interface; and

virtual desktop logic coupled with the communication interface and the user interface;

wherein the virtual desktop logic determines capabilities of the user interface; and

wherein the virtual desktop logic provides a virtual desktop on at least one component of the user interface based on the determined capabilities of the user interface.

2. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the virtual desktop logic detects a change in the user interface;

and

wherein the virtual desktop logic changes the virtual desktop provided on the at least one component responsive to the change in the user interface.

3. The apparatus set forth in claim 2, wherein the change in the user interface is a detected addition of one of a group consisting an external keyboard, an external mouse, an external monitor, a headset, and a speaker.

4. The apparatus set forth in claim 2, wherein the virtual desktop logic suppresses availability of an application before the change in the user interface based on determining the application is not compatible with the user interface;

wherein the virtual desktop logic is responsive to detecting the change in the user interface to determine whether the application is compatible with the changed user interface; and

wherein the virtual desktop logic provides data indicating the availability of the application responsive to determining the application is compatible with the changed user interface.

5. The apparatus set forth in claim 4, wherein the virtual desktop logic determines whether to automatically launch an application based on current capabilities of the changed user interface.

6. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the virtual desktop logic detects a first change in the user interface;

wherein the virtual desktop logic outputs a first set of applications on the user interface based on the capabilities of the user interface prior to detecting the change;

wherein the virtual desktop logic outputs a second set of applications on the user interface based on the capabilities of the user interface upon detecting the first change;

wherein the virtual desktop logic detects a second change in the user interface; and

wherein the virtual desktop logic outputs a third set of applications on the user interface based on the capabilities of the user interface upon detecting the second change.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a first communication interface configured to receive data representative of a virtual desktop;

a second communication interface for communicating virtual desktop data to an endpoint; and

virtual desktop logic coupled with the first communication interface and the second communication interface;

wherein the virtual desktop logic obtains data representative of capabilities of the endpoint via the second communication interface; and

wherein the virtual desktop logic provides data representative of an endpoint virtual desktop to the endpoint via the second interface based on the capabilities of the endpoint.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the data representative of an endpoint virtual desktop comprises a first set of applications compatible with the capabilities of the endpoint;

wherein the virtual desktop logic is coupled with a second a second endpoint;

wherein the virtual desktop logic obtains data representative of capabilities of the second endpoint via the second communication interface;

wherein the virtual desktop logic provides data representative of a second endpoint virtual desktop to the endpoint based on the capabilities of the second endpoint via the second communication interface; and

wherein the data representative of a second endpoint comprises a second set of applications compatible with the capabilities of the second endpoint.

9. The apparatus set forth in claim 7, wherein the virtual desktop logic detects a change in the capabilities of the endpoint;

and

wherein the virtual desktop logic changes the data representative of an endpoint virtual desktop provided to the endpoint responsive to the change in the user interface.

10. A method, comprising:

determining capabilities of a device with a user interface receiving a virtual desktop;

determining whether the capabilities of the device will support a predefined application available from the desktop; and

configuring the user interface of the device;

wherein the user interface provides a link to the predefined application responsive to determining the capabilities of the device supports the predefined application.

11. The method set forth in claim 10, further comprising:

detecting a change of the capabilities of the device; and

re-configuring the user interface of the device responsive to detecting the change of the capabilities of the device.

12. The method set forth in claim 11, wherein re-configuring the user interface comprises suppressing access to the link to the predefined application responsive to determining the device no longer supports the predefined application after detecting the change in capabilities.

13. The method set forth in claim 11, wherein the change in the user interface is a detected addition of one of a group consisting of an external input device, a video device, and an audio device to the device.

14. The method set forth in claim 11, wherein the change in the user interface is a detected addition of one of a group consisting of an external keyboard, an external mouse, an external display device, an external speaker, and an external printer.

15. The method set forth in claim 10, further comprising determining whether to launch the predefined application based on the capabilities of the device.

16. Logic encoded in at least one non-transitory computer readable media for execution by a processor, and when executed by the processor operable to:

determine capabilities of a device with a user interface that is receiving a virtual desktop; and

configuring the user interface of the device;

wherein the user interface provides a first set of links to a first set of predefined applications available via the virtual desktop responsive to determining the capabilities of the device support the first set of predefined applications.

17. The logic of claim 16, further operable to:

detect a change of the capabilities of the device; and

re-configure the user interface of the device responsive to detecting the change of the capabilities of the device;

wherein the re-configured user interface provides a second set of links to a second set of predefined applications available via the virtual desktop responsive to determining the capabilities of the device support the second set of predefined applications.

18. The logic of claim 17, further operable to:

determine whether a predefined application selected from the second set of applications should be automatically launched based on the change of the capabilities of the device; and

launch the predefined application responsive to determining that the predefined application should be automatically launched based on the change of the capabilities of the device.

19. The logic of claim 17, wherein the detected change in the user interface is an addition of one of a group consisting of external input device, a video device, and an audio device to the device.

20. The logic of claim 17, wherein the detected change in the user interface is a removal of one of a group consisting of external input device, a video device, and an audio device to the device.