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Distributed Overlay Browser For Transparent Streaming Media Support In Virtualized Desktop Environment

  • US 20120317295A1
  • Filed: 06/07/2011
  • Published: 12/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • establishing an endpoint browser service on a client endpoint device;

    receiving, at the client endpoint device, a Hosted Virtual Desktop (HVD) display comprising a browser window, the browser window comprising zero or more host-provided browser window elements and at least one placeholder element where a client-provided frameless window may be rendered;

    creating, by the endpoint browser service, an endpoint browser instance at the client endpoint device;

    receiving data from a web content server at the endpoint browser instance;

    generating a client endpoint display by rendering the HVD display and by the endpoint browser instance rendering the received data in a frameless window in place of the at least one placeholder element of the HVD display, wherein the frameless window comprises a web page rendering area; and

    displaying the client endpoint display to enable a user of the client endpoint device to simultaneously view the host-provided browser window elements and the client-provided frameless window in a composited window.

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