TIERED FRAMEWORK FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ACCESS TO AN APPLICATION ACCESSIBLE AT A UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR (URL)

• US 20140207858A1
• Filed: 03/26/2014
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Resolutionmd Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Calgary Scientific Inc.
• Inventors: Stephure, Matthew James, Thomas, Monroe Milas, McFadzean, David Bruce
• Granted Patent: US 9,591,100 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

Method and systems of providing remote access to an application in a tiered remote access framework that includes a server tier and a client tier. In the server tier, an application that is remotely accessed and a server remote access application execute on a server. In the client tier, a client remote access application executes on a client device. A server SDK may be associated with the application in the server tier, where the server SDK being adapted to communicate display information to the client tier. A client SDK may be associated with a client application executing on the client device, where the client SDK receives the display information from the server tier. The client device connects to the server at an enumerated Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to initiate the reception of the display information.

Claims

1. A method of providing remote access to an application, comprising:

providing a tiered remote access framework comprising a server tier in which an application that is remotely accessed and a server remote access application execute on a server, and a client tier in which a client remote access application executes on a client device;

providing a server SDK that is associated with the application in the server tier, the server SDK being adapted to communicate display information to the client tier; and

providing a client SDK that is associated with a client application executing on the client device, the client SDK being adapted to receive the display information from the server tier,

wherein the client device connects to the server at an enumerated Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with the application program to initiate reception of the display information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the display information is processed by the client application to display a view of the application at the client device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the server remote access application is used by the application to communicate the display information to the client application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the server tier is provided as a software stack on which the application resides.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating information associated with user inputs received at the client device to the application over a connection established using the enumerated URL.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a user input at the client device; and

updating a state of the application in accordance with the user input.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising updating the display information in response to updating the state of the application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a second client device connects to the server at the enumerated URL to initiate the reception of the display information at the second client device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising synchronizing the display of the client device and the second client device.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a client-side API in the client SDK that receives the display information from the server tier to present a user interface on the client device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is hosted by the server.

12. A method of providing remote access to an application, comprising:

providing a tiered remote access framework comprising;

a server tier in which an application that is remotely accessed and a server remote access application execute on a server; and

a client tier in which a client remote access application executes on a client device;

enumerating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that is associated with the application communicatively connected to the server tier;

receiving a connection from the client device at the enumerated URL; and

communicating display information associated with the application to the client remote access application.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein a state of the application is communicated in the display information that is processed by the client application to display a view of the application at the client device.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving, at the server tier, an indication of user inputs received at the client device to update a state of the application.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the update to a state of the application is communicated in the display information that is processed by the client application to display an updated view of the application at the client device.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

providing a server SDK that is associated with the application in the server tier, the server SDK being adapted to communicate display information to the client tier; and

providing a client SDK that is associated with a client application executing on the client device, the client SDK being adapted to receive the display information from the server tier.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the server tier is provided as a software stack on which the application resides.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising providing a client-side API in the client SDK that receives the display information from the server tier.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein a second client device connects to the server at the enumerated URL to initiate reception of the display information at the second client device.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising synchronizing the display of the client device and the second client device.