Using Mobile Device Location Data with Remote Resources

• US 20130166622A1
• Filed: 05/08/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Original Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: Arunachalam, Maharajan
• Application Number:
  US13/466,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20130166622A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1021 based on client or server locations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A mobile computing device may use location data to select one or more servers with which to connect. The location data may be communicated to the one or more servers and used by the one or more servers to tailor virtual applications to the location of the mobile computing device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

(a) reading, by a client agent executing on a mobile device, geographic location data of the mobile device;

(b) selecting, by the client agent, a server farm from a plurality of server farms based on the geographic location data of the mobile device;

(c) establishing, by the client agent, a presentation layer protocol connection with a server of the selected server farm; and

(d) transmitting, by the client agent, data from the mobile device to the server of the selected server farm via the presentation layer protocol connection.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected server farm is selected by identifying which server farm of the plurality of server farms is geographically nearest to the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected server farm is selected from the plurality of server farms based on the selected server farm matching criteria identified by a user.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the criteria identified by the user includes that one or more applications are available on said server of the selected server farm.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the criteria identified by the user includes a server default localization.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting, by the client agent, two or more server farms from the plurality of server farms to connect with the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing, by the client agent, a connection with a second server of the selected server farm responsive to a failed connection attempt with the server of the selected server farm.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing, by the client agent, a connection with a predetermined server and using information exchanged with the predetermined server to select said selected server farm from the plurality of server farms.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, by the client agent, the geographic location data of the mobile device to the server of the selected server farm.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising re-establishing, by the client agent, the connection with the server of the selected server farm responsive to an interrupted connection.

11. A system comprising:

a mobile device that includes at least one processor and at least one memory;

wherein the memory includes instructions that configure the mobile device to;

read geographic location data of the mobile device;

select a server farm from a plurality of server farms based on the geographic location data of the mobile device;

establish a presentation layer protocol connection with a server of the selected server farm; and

transmit data from the mobile device to the server of the selected server farm via the presentation layer protocol connection.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further configure the mobile device to:

select the selected server farm by identifying which server farm of the plurality of server farms that is geographically nearest to the mobile device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further configure the mobile device to:

select the selected server farm from the plurality of server farms based on the selected server farm matching criteria identified by a user.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the criteria identified by the user includes that one or more applications are available on said server of the selected server farm.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the criteria identified by the user includes a default localization of said server of the selected server farm.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further configure the mobile device to:

select two or more server farms from the plurality of server farms to connect with the mobile device.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further configure the mobile device to:

establish a connection with a second server of the selected server farm responsive to a failed connection attempt with the server of the selected server farm.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further configure the mobile device to:

establish a connection with a predetermined server and use information exchanged with the predetermined server to select said selected server farm from the plurality of server farms.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further configure the mobile device to:

transmit the geographic location data of the mobile device to the server.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions further configure the mobile device to:

re-establish the connection with the server of the selected server farm responsive to an interrupted connection.