Methods and systems for providing, by a remote machine, access to a desk band associated with a resource executing on a local machine

• US 8,484,290 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2011
• Issued: 07/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Original Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: Mazzaferri, Richard James
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yohannes, Tesfay
• Application Number:
  US13/110,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20110219313A1
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/221, 709/230, 348/51
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/542 Intercept
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/544 Remote
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/545 Gui
• 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 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

A method for providing, by a remote machine, access to a desk band associated with a resource on a local machine includes receiving, by a first agent on the remote machine, an identification of a desk band associated with a resource on a local machine. The first agent, in communication with a shell on the remote machine, maintains a taskbar window in a remote desktop environment. The taskbar window includes at least one window associated with a resource provided by the remote machine and a window region representing the desk band by using graphical data stored on the remote machine. The first agent transmits, to a second agent on the local machine, window attribute data and output data associated with the taskbar window in the remote desktop environment. The second agent displays at least a portion of the received output data in a local window on a local desktop environment.

Claims

1. In a networked computing system, a method for providing, by a remote machine, access to a desk band associated with a resource executing on a local machine, the method comprising:

(a) detecting, by a local agent in communication with a registry on a local machine, a request, by a first shell on the local machine, for creation of a desk band object associated with a resource provided by the local machine;

(b) instantiating, by the local agent, a proxy container object, responsive to detecting the request;

(c) instantiating, by the proxy container object, the desk band object;

(d) receiving, by a remote agent executing on a remote machine, an identification of the desk band object associated with the resource provided by the local machine;

(e) maintaining, by the remote agent, a window region in a taskbar on a desktop environment maintained on the remote machine, the window region representing the identified desk band object;

(f) instantiating, by the remote agent, on the remote machine, a proxy handler associated with the identified desk band object;

(g) receiving, by the proxy container object, from the proxy handler, an identification of a window region associated with the identified desk band object;

(h) identifying, by the proxy container object, for the desk band object, the identified window region as a desk band site;

(i) translating, by the proxy container object, the identified window region into an identification of a window region on a display on the local machine; and

(j) directing, by the desk band object, a display of output data in the identified window region in a display on the local machine of the desktop environment maintained on the remote machine.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein (d) further comprises receiving, by a remote agent executing on a remote machine from the local agent, an identification of the desk band object associated with the resource provided by the local machine.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein (d) further comprises receiving, by a remote agent executing on a remote machine from the proxy container object, an identification of the desk band object associated with the resource provided by the local machine.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein (e) further comprises maintaining, by the remote agent in communication with a second shell on the remote machine, a window region in a taskbar on a desktop environment maintained on the remote machine, the window region representing the identified desk band object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein (i) further comprises directing, by the desk band object in communication with the first shell, a display of output data in the identified window region in a display on the local machine of the desktop environment maintained on the remote machine.

6. In a networked computing system, a method for providing, by a remote machine, access to a desk band associated with a resource executing on a local machine, the method comprising:

(a) installing, by a local agent in communication with a registry on a local machine, a proxy container object associated with a resource provided by the local machine;

(b) instantiating, by the proxy container object, a desk band object associated with a resource provided by the local machine;

(c) receiving, by a remote agent executing on a remote machine, an identification of the desk band object associated with the resource provided by the local machine;

(d) maintaining, by the remote agent, a window region in a taskbar on a desktop environment maintained on the remote machine, the window region representing the identified desk band object;

(e) instantiating, by the remote agent, on the remote machine, a proxy handler associated with the identified desk band object;

(f) receiving, by the proxy container object, from the proxy handler, an identification of a window region associated with the identified desk band object;

(g) identifying, by the proxy container object, for the desk band object, the identified window region as a desk band site;

(h) translating, by the proxy container object, the identified window region into an identification of a window region on a display on the local machine; and

(i) directing, by the desk band object, a display of output data in the identified window region in a display on the local machine of the desktop environment maintained on the remote machine.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein (c) further comprises receiving, by a remote agent executing on a remote machine from the local agent, an identification of the desk band object associated with the resource provided by the local machine.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein (c) further comprises receiving, by a remote agent executing on a remote machine from the proxy container object, an identification of the desk band object associated with the resource provided by the local machine.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein (d) further comprises maintaining, by the remote agent in communication with a second shell on the remote machine, a window region in a taskbar on a desktop environment maintained on the remote machine, the window region representing the identified desk band object.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein (h) further comprises directing, by the desk band object in communication with the first shell, a display of output data in the identified window region in a display on the local machine of the desktop environment maintained on the remote machine.

11. In a networked computing system, a system for providing, by a remote machine, access to a desk band associated with a resource executing on a local machine, the system comprising:

a memory;

a processor;

a local agent, executing on a local machine and in communication with a registry of the local machine, detecting a request by a shell for creation of a desk band object associated with a resource provided by the local machine, and instantiating a proxy container object, responsive to detecting the request;

the proxy container object instantiating the desk band object and identifying a window region as a desk band site;

a remote agent, executing on a remote machine, receiving an identification of the desk band object associated with the resource provided by the local machine, and maintaining a window region in a taskbar on a desktop environment maintained on the remote machine, the window region representing the identified desk band object;

a proxy handler, instantiated by the remote agent and associated with the identified desk band object, transmitting, to the proxy container object, an identification of a window region associated with the identified desk band object; and

the desk band object directing a display of output data in the identified window region in a display on the local machine of the desktop environment maintained on the remote machine,

wherein the proxy container object further comprises a translation component translating an identification of a window region received from the remote agent into an identification of a window region on a display on the local machine.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the proxy container object further comprises a Component Object Model (COM) object.