Remote access from mobile devices

• US 9,716,744 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2011
• Issued: 07/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Zhu, Rui, Kazan, Wissam, Thomas, Michael, Zhao, Keping
• Primary Examiner(s): Abu Roumi, Mahran
• Application Number:
  US13/282,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20130110979A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,098 Days
• Field of Search: 715733, 709206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

In one embodiment, a mobile device 102 may execute a mobile client 104 to access a remote client 108 on a remote computer device 110. A mobile client 104 may connect to a data network 106. The mobile client 104 may establish a peer-to-peer connection with a remote client 108 executing on a remote computer device 110 over the data network 106.

Claims

1. A machine-implemented method, comprising:

sending a peer-to-peer connection query from a mobile client executing on a mobile device specifying a remote client executing on a remote computer device;

receiving in the mobile client connection data for the remote client from a remote access server;

establishing a peer-to-peer connection between the mobile client and the remote client over a data network with the mobile client and the remote client having an equal status and privilege in the peer-to-peer connection;

executing at least one of a delete action, a move action, and a remote copy action on the remote computer device by the mobile device over the peer-to-peer connection;

creating a mobile copy of a remote file on the remote computer device resized based on a mobile device specification for the mobile device;

synchronizing the remote file on the remote computer device with the mobile copy; and

performing a conflict resolution action between the remote file and the mobile copy.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing an edit action on the remote file of the remote computer device using the mobile client.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

streaming a remote sequential media file on the remote computer device to the mobile client.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the mobile device specification from the mobile device to the remote client.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing a create action on the remote file of the remote computer device using the mobile client.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating a synchronization schedule between the mobile client and the remote client.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating a mobile file on the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the peer-to-peer connection query is wrapped in peer-to-peer connection data.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

factoring a user input into the conflict resolution action.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

pushing a mobile file to the remote client.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

authenticating the mobile client to the remote client.

12. A tangible machine-readable storage device having a set of instructions detailing a method stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform the method, the method comprising:

receiving in a remote client on a remote computer device a peer-to-peer connection query specifying the remote client from a remote access server on behalf of a mobile client executing on a mobile device;

establishing a peer-to-peer connection between the remote client and the mobile client over a data network with the mobile client and the remote client having an equal status and privilege in the peer-to-peer connection;

executing at least one of a delete action, a move action, and a remote copy action on a mobile file on the mobile device by the remote computer device over the peer-to-peer connection;

determining a mobile device specification for the mobile device;

creating a mobile copy of a remote file on the remote client for presentation by the mobile client;

resizing the mobile copy based on the mobile device specification;

synchronizing the remote file on the remote computer device with the mobile copy; and

performing a conflict resolution action between the remote file and the mobile copy.

13. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

sending the mobile copy to the mobile device for presentation by the mobile client.

14. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the mobile device specification from the mobile device.

15. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

determining a permission level for the mobile device.

16. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the mobile file from the mobile client.

17. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving from the mobile client a designation of other devices as permitted access to the remote client.

18. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

authenticating the mobile client for the remote client.

19. A mobile device, comprising:

memory configured to store a mobile client;

a processor configured to execute the mobile client to;

send, via a network interface a peer-to-peer connection query specifying a remote client executing on a remote computer device;

receive connection data for the remote client from a remote access server;

establish a peer-to-peer connection with the remote client over a data network with the mobile client and the remote client having an equal status and privilege in the peer-to-peer connection;

execute at least one of a delete action, a move action, and a remote copy action on the remote computer device over the peer-to-peer connection;

create a mobile copy of a remote file on the remote computer device resized based on a mobile device specification for the mobile device;

synchronizing the remote file on the remote computer device with the mobile copy; and

performing a conflict resolution action between the remote file and the mobile copy.

20. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the network interface is further configured to send the mobile device specification from the mobile device to the remote client.