PROVIDING HOSTED VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES

• US 20120226998A1
• Filed: 03/04/2011
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wesselman, Thomas Martin, Chervets, Steven, FRIEDL, Stephan Edward
• Granted Patent: US 8,893,027 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1026 at the edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]

Abstract

In an example embodiment, a device provides a connection to an endpoint coupled with a first network to a virtual desktop client coupled with a second network. The device obtains data from the virtual desktop client which client which includes at least one link to data available from an external server, such as streaming media. The device obtains the data from the external server and provides the data with data obtained from the virtual desktop client to the endpoint.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a first interface configured to communicate with an endpoint;

a second interface configured to communicate with an external source;

enterprise component browser logic coupled with the first interface and second interface, the enterprise component browser logic operable to receive data for the endpoint from the external source via the second interface;

wherein the data for the endpoint comprises data representative of a first data type and data representative of at least one other data type;

wherein the enterprise component browser logic generates a semi-processed page for the endpoint based on the data;

wherein the enterprise component browser logic inserts the data representative of the first data type into the semi-processed page;

wherein the enterprise component browser logic processes the data representative of the at least one other data type and inserts the results of processing the data representative of the at least one other data type into the semi-processed page; and

wherein the enterprise component browser logic sends the semi-processed page with the data representative of a first data type and the results of processing the data representative of at least one other data type to the endpoint via the first interface.

2. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the first media type is one of a group consisting of a video stream, an audio stream, an audiovisual stream, a data stream, an image, and any combination of an image, video stream, audio stream, and data stream.

3. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the enterprise component browser logic determines whether the data representative of the at least one other data type comprises a java script;

and

wherein the enterprise component browser logic executes the java script and inserts the results into the semi-processed page.

4. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the enterprise component browser logic determines whether the data representative of at least one other data type comprises a java script;

and

wherein the enterprise component browser logic executes the java script and encodes the executed java script as one of a group consisting of a Motion Picture Expert Group-4 data, and a motion image, and inserting a Uniform Resource Locator to the encoded result into the semi-processed page.

5. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the enterprise component browser logic determines an amount of time to download data associated with a link;

wherein the enterprise browser component logic inserts the link into the semi-processed page responsive to determining the amount of time to download the data associated with the link is greater than a predetermined amount of time.

6. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the enterprise component browser logic determines an amount of time to download data associated with a link;

wherein the enterprise browser component logic downloads the data associated with the link and inserts the downloaded data into the semi-processed page responsive to determining the amount of time to download the data associated with the link is less than a predetermined amount of time.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a first interface configured to communicate with a virtual desktop client;

a second interface configured to receive data for the virtual desktop client from a source;

proxy connection logic coupled with the first interface and the second interface;

wherein the data comprises a link to media data and non-media data, the proxy connection logic forwards the data to the virtual desktop client via the first interface;

wherein the proxy connection logic receives a request for the media data from an endpoint via the first interface; and

wherein the proxy connection logic proxies the request for the media for the endpoint.

8. The apparatus set forth in claim 7, wherein the data is received via a Hyper Text Protocol Secure connection.

9. The apparatus set forth in claim 7, wherein the proxy connection logic forwards the request for media to the source;

and

wherein the proxy connection logic uses an address for the virtual desktop interface for the forwarded request;

10. The apparatus set forth in claim 9, wherein the proxy connection logic receives the media for the endpoint from the source via the second interface;

and

wherein the proxy connection logic forwards the media for the endpoint to the endpoint via the first interface.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

a first interface for communicating with an endpoint;

a second interface for communicating with devices disposed on an enterprise network; and

service provider gateway logic coupled with the first interface and second interface;

wherein the service provider gateway logic provides virtual desktop data from a virtual desktop client disposed on the enterprise network to the endpoint; and

wherein the service provider gateway logic provides a predefined data type for to the endpoint from a server to the endpoint, bypassing the virtual desktop client.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the predefined data type is selected from a group consisting of video data, audio data, image data, and streaming data, or any combination of a video data, audio data, image data and streaming data.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the endpoint is not compatible with the virtual desktop compatible client;

and

wherein the service provider gateway logic converts the data received from the virtual desktop client to a format compatible with the endpoint.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second interface is coupled to a plurality of virtual desktop devices disposed at a corresponding plurality of locations;

and

wherein the service provider gateway logic selects a selected virtual desktop client from the plurality of devices for providing virtual desktops based on the location of the endpoint and the location of the selected virtual desktop client.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the service provider gateway logic provisions the endpoint with one of a group consisting of updated firmware data and updated software.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the service provider gateway logic provides a link between the endpoint and a packet switched telephone network.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second interface is coupled with a plurality of enterprise networks;

and

wherein the service provider gateway logic selects a selected enterprise network from the plurality enterprise networks for providing virtual desktop services to the endpoint.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the service provider gateway logic selects the selected enterprise network based on load balancing.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the selected network is the nearest network to the endpoint.

20. A method, comprising:

associating with an endpoint coupled with a first interface;

selecting a virtual desktop client coupled with a second interface for the endpoint;

receiving data for the endpoint from the virtual desktop client, the data comprises at least one link to data available from an external server;

obtaining the data available from the external server responsive to receiving the link;

providing the data from the virtual desktop client and data from the external server to the endpoint.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein providing the data from the virtual desktop further comprises converting the data to a format compatible with the endpoint.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein providing the data from the virtual desktop client and data from the external server to the endpoint further comprises mixing the data from the virtual desktop client with the data from the external server.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the data from the external server is streaming media data available from a plurality of servers, the method further comprising selecting a server from the plurality of servers for providing the streaming media data.

24. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

determining an amount of time for acquiring data associated with the link from the external server; and

wherein obtaining the data from the external server further comprises sending a proxy request to the external server to have data associated with the link delivered to the endpoint, bypassing the virtual desktop client, responsive to determining that the time for acquiring the data associated with the link is greater than a predetermined amount of time.