NATIVE VIEWER USE FOR SERVICE RESULTS FROM A REMOTE DESKTOP

• US 20160014216A1
• Filed: 04/14/2015
• Published: 01/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vmware LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: BEVERIDGE, Daniel James, DAVIS, Scott Howard, CHAWLA, Puneet Singh
• Granted Patent: US 10,827,004 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a session to a remote desktop determined for a user of a client device. The session allows the client device to remotely access the remote desktop to have one or more services performed for the user of the client device using resources of the remote desktop. The client device sends a request for a service in the one or more services to be performed on the remote desktop in the session and receives a result set determined from the service being performed by the remote desktop. A native viewer for the client device is determined based on a type of the result set. The native viewer is then invoked to display the result set.

Claims

1. A method for rendering a data set from a remote desktop, the method comprising:

receiving, by a client device, the data set from the remote desktop;

storing the data set on the client device;

selecting, from a plurality of native viewers stored on the client device, a native viewer to render the data set; and

invoking the selected native viewer to render the data set for the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device has an associated form factor that is different than the remote desktop;

and

wherein the native viewer presents the result set in a manner tailored to the form factor of the client device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data set comprises metadata;

and

wherein the metadata is used to determine which of the plurality of native viewers to use.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device and the remote desktop are running different operating systems.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data set is provided in response to a request for a list of files, wherein invoking the native viewer comprises displaying the list of files in a form factor associated with the client device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising receiving a second data set in response to selecting a file from the list of files;

and

wherein the second data set is displayed using a second native viewer from the plurality of native viewers.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the list of files are displayed on the client device without using a remote desktop protocol.

8. A system comprising:

a remote desktop;

a client device;

a memory comprising a plurality of native viewers; and

a processor programmed to;

receive a data set from the remote desktop;

store the data set on the client device;

select, from the plurality of native viewers, a native viewer to render the data set; and

invoke the selected native viewer to render the data set for the client device.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the client device has an associated form factor that is different than the remote desktop;

and

wherein the native viewer presents the result set in a manner tailored to the form factor of the client device.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the data set comprises metadata;

and

wherein the processor is further programmed to use the metadata to determine which of the plurality of native viewers to use.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the client device and the remote desktop are running different operating systems.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the data set is provided in response to a request for a list of files;

and

wherein invoking the native viewer comprises displaying the list of files in a form factor associated with the client device.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the processor is further programmed to receive a second data set in response to selecting a file from the list of files, wherein the second data set is displayed using a second native viewer from the plurality of native viewers.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein the list of files are displayed on the client device without using a remote desktop protocol.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive the data set from the remote desktop;

store the data set on the client device;

select, from a plurality of native viewers stored on the client device, a native viewer to render the data set; and

invoke the selected native viewer to render the data set for the client device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the client device has an associated form factor that is different than the remote desktop;

and

wherein the native viewer presents the result set in a manner tailored to the form factor of the client device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the data set comprises metadata;

and

wherein the metadata is used to determine which of the plurality of native viewers to use.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the client device and the remote desktop are running different operating systems.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the data set is provided in response to a request for a list of files;

and

wherein invoking the native viewer comprises displaying the list of files in a form factor associated with the client device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the one or more processors to receive a second data set in response to selecting a file from the list of files, wherein the second data set is displayed using a second native viewer from the plurality of native viewers.