REMOTE DASHBOARD CONSOLE

• US 20150106728A1
• Filed: 10/15/2013
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Botzer, David
• Granted Patent: US 11,075,996 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/740
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• 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: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

A method, system and computer readable medium for remote control of a remote device by a remote dashboard console of a client device. The method includes identifying the remote device for management via the remote dashboard console of the client device. The remote dashboard console receives a set of plug-ins associated with multiple remote device applications installed on the remote device from a remote dashboard agent of the remote device. The remote dashboard console of the client device executes a target application of the multiple remote device applications device using a corresponding plug-in of the set of plug-ins.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying a remote device for management via a remote dashboard console executable by a processing device of a client device;

receiving, by the remote dashboard console from a remote dashboard agent of the remote device, a set of plug-ins associated with a plurality of remote device applications installed on the remote device; and

executing, by the processing device of the client device, a target application of the plurality of remote device applications device using a corresponding plug-in of the set of plug-ins.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a workload associated with executing the target application is performed by the client device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is limited to execution of the plurality of remote device applications corresponding to the set of plug-ins received from the remote device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising installing, by the remote dashboard console, the remote dashboard agent on the remote device, wherein the remote dashboard agent comprises a plurality of built-in plug-ins.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of built-in plug-ins correspond to a plurality of applications executable on the remote device by the client device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein no visual indication of an action performed by the client device during execution of the target application is presented to a user of the remote device.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device of a client device, cause the processing device of the client device to:

identify a remote device for management via a remote dashboard console executable by the processing device of the client device;

receive, by the remote dashboard console from a remote dashboard agent of the remote device, a set of plug-ins associated with a plurality of remote device applications installed on the remote device; and

execute, by the processing device of the client device, a target application of the plurality of remote device applications device using a corresponding plug-in of the set of plug-ins.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein a workload associated with executing the target application is performed by the client device.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the client device is limited to execution of the plurality of remote device applications corresponding to the set of plug-ins received from the remote device.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, further comprising installing, by the remote dashboard console, the remote dashboard agent on the remote device, wherein the remote dashboard agent comprises a plurality of built-in plug-ins.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the plurality of built-in plug-ins correspond to a plurality of applications executable on the remote device by the client device.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein no visual indication of an action performed by the client device during execution of the target application is presented to a user of the remote device.

13. A system comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

a processing device of a client device coupled to the memory, the processing device to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising;

identifying a remote device for management via a remote dashboard console executable by the processing device of the client device;

receiving, by the remote dashboard console from a remote dashboard agent of the remote device, a set of plug-ins associated with a plurality of remote device applications installed on the remote device; and

executing, by the processing device of the client device, a target application of the plurality of remote device applications device using a corresponding plug-in of the set of plug-ins.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein a workload associated with executing the target application is performed by the client device.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the client device is limited to execution of the plurality of remote device applications corresponding to the set of plug-ins received from the remote device.

16. The system of claim 13, further comprising installing, by the remote dashboard console, the remote dashboard agent on the remote device, wherein the remote dashboard agent comprises a plurality of built-in plug-ins.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the plurality of built-in plug-ins correspond to a plurality of applications executable on the remote device by the client device.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein no visual indication of an action performed by the client device during execution of the target application is presented to a user of the remote device.

19. A method comprising:

installing, by a processing device of a remote device, a remote dashboard agent for communicating with a remote dashboard console of a client device;

identifying, by the remote dashboard agent, a remote device application enabled for remote execution by the client device; and

creating, by the remote dashboard agent, a record comprising a plug-in associated with the remote device application, wherein the plug-in is to receive instructions from the client device to execute the remote device application, without presentation of a visual indication of an action associated with the execution of the remote device application via a user interface of the remote device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the remote dashboard agent comprises a plurality of built-in plug-ins correspond to a plurality of applications executable on the remote device by the client device.