RESOURCE ACCESS

• US 20160105443A1
• Filed: 04/28/2013
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Yu, Zhi-Wei, Clemenceau, Matthieu
• Granted Patent: US 9,848,000 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• 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 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

Abstract

An example method for accessing a target resource in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes retrieving a configuration from a local profile associated with a user on a device, automatically completing a login form for a web interface based on the configuration, identifying a target resource by parsing a list of resources received from a server in response to the completed login form, and automatically launching the identified target resource based on the configuration.

Claims

1. A method for accessing a target resource, comprising:

retrieving, by a browser extension, a configuration from a local profile associated with a user on a device, the browser extension installed on the device;

automatically completing, by the browser extension, a login form for a web interface based on the configuration;

identifying, by the browser extension, a target resource by parsing a list of resources received from a server in response to the completed login form; and

automatically launching, by the browser extension, the identified target resource based on the configuration.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration comprises user credentials, target resources and at least one login option.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user credentials comprise a username, password, and domain.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one login option comprises an option to disable user input or an option to allow the caching user credentials from the user input.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the target resource comprises at least one of an application, content, and virtual desktop.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the local profile associated with the user comprises data provided by the user at previous log-ins to the web interface.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising launching a browser to access the web interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a thin client.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically completing the login form for the web interface based on the configuration further comprises parsing the login form to identify fields to be completed.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein automatically completing the login form for the web interface based on the configuration further comprises completing the identified fields based on the configuration.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprises submitting the login form to the server, the login form providing user credentials to authenticate connection of the user to the web interface.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising rejecting connection of the user to the web interface if an authentication error is identified based on the user credentials.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the web browser establishes http/https connection with the web interface.

15. The system of claim 12, further comprising a server having at least one published application corresponding to the target resource, wherein the at least one published application comprises a virtual desktop.

16. The system of claim 12, further comprising a graphical user interface configuration tool executed locally on the device, the graphical user interface configuration tool to configure a plurality of user attributes.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the attributes comprise a URL for the web interface, a username, a password, a domain, at least one target resource and at least one login option.

18. The system of claim 12, further comprising a graphical user interface configuration tool being executed in a central management tool.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the local profile is imported into the device or pushed to the device by automatic update tool.

13. An system for accessing a target resource, comprising:

a web browser extension communicatively coupled to a web browser to;

retrieve a configuration from a local profile associated with a user;

automatically login to a web interface by completing a login form for a web interface based on the configuration;

identify a target resource by parsing a list of resources received in response to the completed login form; and

automatically launch the identified target resource based on the configuration; and

a desktop delivery controller to authenticate the user during login to the web interface and to provide the list of resources.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a system to:

retrieve a configuration from a local profile associated with a user on a device, the browser extension installed on the device;

automatically complete a login form for a web interface based on the configuration;

identify a target resource by parsing a list of resources received from a server in response to the completed login form; and

automatically launch the identified target resource based on the configuration.