COMPUTER SYSTEM PROVIDING MIRRORED SAAS APPLICATION SESSIONS AND RELATED METHODS

• US 20200136934A1
• Filed: 10/26/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Original Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: Ding, Jian
• Granted Patent: US 11,159,396 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5096 wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A computer system may include a server configured to provide access to a plurality of shared applications, and a client computing device. The client computing device may have a display associated therewith and cooperate with the server to run shared applications from among the plurality of shared applications, determine at least one group of the shared applications running on the client computing device having a relationship therebetween based upon a sequence in which the shared applications are activated, and display the shared applications from the at least one group on the display.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a server configured to provide access to a plurality of shared applications; and

a client computing device having a display associated therewith and cooperating with the server to

run shared applications from among the plurality of shared applications,

determine at least one group of the shared applications running on the client computing device having a relationship therebetween based upon a sequence in which the shared applications are activated, and

display the shared applications from the at least one group on the display.

2. The computing system of claim 1 wherein the client computing device is further configured to display a first menu on the display including the plurality of shared applications, and display a second menu on the display including the shared applications from the at least one group.

3. The computer system of claim 2 wherein the first and second menus are displayed in a same window on the display.

4. The computer system of claim 2 wherein the second menu is displayed in a floating window on the display.

5. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the sequence in which the shared applications are activated comprises a sequence in which the shared applications are launched on the client computing device.

6. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the sequence in which the shared applications are activated comprises a copy and paste sequence between the shared applications running on the client computing device.

7. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the sequence in which the shared applications are activated is based upon a timing between activation of the shared applications running on the client computing device.

8. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the sequence in which the shared applications are activated comprises a sequence of switching between the shared applications running on the client computing device.

9. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the at least one group of shared applications comprises a plurality of different groups of shared applications;

wherein the client computing device further cooperates with the server to determine a launch probability of each shared applications across the plurality of different groups; and

wherein the shared applications within the at least one group are based upon the determined launch probabilities.

10. The computer system of claim 9 wherein the launch probabilities are determined based upon an Apriori algorithm.

11. A method comprising:

providing access to a plurality of shared applications using a server; and

at a client computing device having a display associated therewith,

displaying a first menu on the display including the plurality of shared applications,

running shared applications selected from the first menu,

determining at least one group of the shared applications running on the client computing device having a relationship therebetween based upon a sequence in which the shared applications are activated, and

displaying a second menu on the display including shared applications from the at least one group.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the sequence in which the shared applications are activated comprises a sequence in which the shared applications are launched on the client computing device.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the sequence in which the shared applications are activated comprises a copy and paste sequence between the shared applications running on the client computing device.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the sequence in which the shared applications are activated comprises a sequence of switching between the shared applications running on the client computing device.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the at least one group of shared applications comprises a plurality of different groups of shared applications;

wherein the client computing device further cooperates with the server to determine a launch probability of each shared application across the plurality of different groups; and

wherein the shared applications included within the second menu are based upon the determined launch probabilities.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a client computing device to perform steps comprising:

running shared applications selected from among the plurality of shared applications;

determining at least one group of the shared applications running on the client computing device having a relationship therebetween based upon a sequence in which the shared applications are activated; and

displaying the shared applications from the at least one group on the display.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 further having computer executable instructions for causing the client computing device to display a first menu on the display including the plurality of shared applications, and display a second menu on the display including the shared applications from the at least one group.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 wherein the sequence in which the shared applications are activated comprises a sequence in which the shared applications are launched on the client computing device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 wherein the sequence in which the shared applications are activated comprises a copy and paste sequence between the shared applications running on the client computing device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 wherein the sequence in which the shared applications are activated comprises a sequence of switching between the shared applications running on the client computing device.