REMOTE DOCUMENT SIGNING

• US 20160344819A1
• Filed: 12/31/2015
• Published: 11/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omnissa, LLC
• Original Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Watts, Blake, Beveridge, Daniel James, Mu, Jian
• Granted Patent: US 10,291,721 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

Documents or other files opened on a remote desktop are mirrored onto a mobile client device that allows a user to seamlessly work on such documents or files in either a stationary or mobile fashion. The mirrored files may be presented to the user on the mobile client device with the capacity for the user to sign his or her name—or otherwise mark—the mirrored document on the client device. Once signed, various techniques are executed that cause the signed version of the mirrored files to be communicated back to the remote desktop where the signed files are saved. Such techniques may operate transparent to a user, eliminating the need for the user to constantly have to save and transport signed files between multiple devices when working on the go.

Claims

1. A method for remotely signing documents on a client device, the method comprising:

establishing a session to allow the client device to remotely access a remote desktop to have a document opened on the remote desktop and mirrored onto the client device;

polling the remote desktop for queued mirror commands related to the document opened on the remote desktop;

based on the queued mirror commands, retrieving from the remote desktop the document opened on the remote desktop;

opening the retrieved document on the client device;

receiving on the client device a user signature on the document; and

mirroring a signed version of the document to the remote desktop for storage thereon.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device opens the retrieved document without user interaction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device automatically communicates the signed version of the document to the remote desktop upon user signature.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the signed version of the document from the client device to the remote desktop;

generating a template message on the remote desktop with the signed version of the document attached.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising transmitting a template message with the signed version of the document attached from the remote desktop to a recipient messaging address without user interaction.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is a mobile tablet or a smart phone.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is a smart watch or a wearable device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting on the client device one or more options for generating template messages on the remote desktop that include the signed version of the document;

receiving a user selection one of the one or more options; and

signaling the remote desktop to send a message with the signed version of the document attached.

9. Computer-storage memory embodied with instruction executable by a processor to enable remote signature of documents on a client device, comprising:

causing a client device to poll a remote desktop for one or more mirror commands instructive to cause a document opened on the remote desktop to be mirrored on the client device;

providing signature capability on the client device to allow a signature to be captured on the mirrored document;

capturing a user signature on the client device;

creating a signed version of the mirrored document that includes the captured user signature; and

transmitting the signed version of the mirrored document to the remote desktop.

10. The computer-storage memory of claim 9, further comprising:

queuing on the remote desktop one or more locations of the document opened on the remote desktop;

directing the client device to poll the remote desktop for the one or more locations of the document;

receiving the one or more locations of the document opened on the remote desktop; and

using the one or more locations to mirror the document onto the client device.

11. The computer-storage memory of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting the signed version of the mirrored document to the remote desktop; and

causing the remote desktop to store the signed version of the mirrored document at the one or more locations of the document.

12. The memory of claim 10, wherein the client device automatically communicates the signed version of the mirrored document to the remote desktop upon user signature.

13. The memory of claim 10, further comprising generating a template message on the remote desktop with the signed version of the document attached.

14. The memory of claim 10, further comprising transmitting a template message with the signed version of the document attached from the remote desktop to a recipient messaging address without user interaction.

15. The memory of claim 10, wherein the client device is at least one member of a mobile tablet, a smart phone, a smart watch, and a wearable device.

16. The memory of claim 10, further comprising:

presenting on the client device one or more options for generating template messages on the remote desktop that include the signed version of the mirrored document;

receiving on the client device a user selection one of the one or more options; and

signaling the remote desktop to send a message with the signed version of the document attached according to the user selection.

17. A client device, comprising:

computer-storage memory embodied with computer-executable instructions for mirroring a document opened on a remote desktop;

a display device; and

a processor programmed to;

poll the remote desktop for mirroring commands instructive for causing the document opened on the remote desktop to be mirrored on the display device,

capture a user signature on the display device,

create a signed version of the mirrored document that includes the captured user signature, and

transmit the signed version of the mirrored document to the remote desktop.

18. The client device of claim 17, wherein the client device comprises at least one member of a group comprising a mobile tablet, a smart phone, a smart watch, and a wearable device.

19. The client device of claim 17, wherein the mirroring commands comprise one or more locations corresponding to the document opened on the remote desktop.

20. The client device of claim 17, wherein the remote desktop is configured to:

receive the signed version of the mirrored document,

generate a template message with the signed version of the mirrored document, and

transmit the template message with the signed version of the mirrored document.