Display of operating status information of a client in a remote desktop session

• US 9,854,024 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2011
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Halim, Irwan, Whipple, William R, Brown, Norman P
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US14/127,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,373 Days
• Field of Search: 715763-765, 715740, 715748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/02 Details of power systems and of start or stop of display operation
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications

Abstract

Example embodiments relate to the display of operating status information in a remote desktop session. In example embodiments, a client transmits operating status information to a server via a remote desktop session established with the server. In response, the client may receive graphics information including displayed status information inserted by the server based on the operating status information. Finally, the client may output the graphics information on an available display. Other embodiments relate to a corresponding server and processing performed in the server.

Claims

1. A client computing device comprising:

a processor to;

transmit operating status information of the client computing device to a server via a remote desktop session established with the server, wherein the operating status information corresponds to an interface element displayed on the client computing device that is currently obscured by the remote desktop session,

receive graphics information from the server, the graphics information including displayed status information inserted by the server based on the operating status information, and

output the graphics information including the displayed status information on a display available to the client computing device, wherein the displayed status information includes a selectable user interface element that corresponds to the interface element that is currently obscured by the remote desktop session, and the processor is further configured to;

transmit, to the server, an indication that the selectable user interface element has been selected,

receive a returned notification from the server indicating that the selectable user interface element has been selected in the remote desktop session, and

activate the interface element that is obscured based on the returned notification.

2. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein the operating status information includes one or more of battery status information, network status information, and power state information.

3. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit at least one handle to the server upon initiation of the remote desktop session, each handle identifying a particular type of operating status information to be subsequently transmitted to the server, and

include a particular handle when transmitting the operating status information to the server, the included handle identifying the particular type of operating status information.

4. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain the operating status information by monitoring predetermined messages exchanged within an operating system of the client computing device.

5. The client computing device of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to access the predetermined messages based on a user selection of operating status information of interest to the user.

6. The client computing device of claim 4, wherein the processor is configured to load a separate Dynamic Link Library (DLL) to monitor the predetermined messages for each type of operating status information.

7. A machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a client computing device, the machine-readable storage medium comprising:

instructions for obtaining operating status information by monitoring at least one property of the client computing device, wherein the operating status information corresponds to an interface element displayed on the client computing device that is currently obscured by the remote desktop session;

instructions for transmitting the operating status information to a server via a remote desktop session established with the server;

instructions for receiving a remote desktop for display, the remote desktop including displayed status information inserted by the server based on the operating status information;

instructions for displaying the remote desktop including the displayed status information in a window of the remote desktop session, wherein the displayed status information comprises a selectable user interface element that corresponds to the interface element that is obscured by the remote desktop session;

instructions to transmit to the server that an indication that the selectable user interface element has been selected;

instructions to receive a returned notification from the server indicating that the selectable user interface element has been selected in the remote desktop session; and

instructions to activate the interface element that is obscured based on the returned notification.

8. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, further comprising:

instructions for displaying a user interface that includes the selectable user interface element, the user interface configured to receive a user selection of operating status information to be obtained,

wherein the instructions for obtaining monitor the at least one property based on the user selected operating status information.

9. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions for obtaining operating status information comprise a plurality of Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs), each DLL corresponding to a particular type of operating status information.

10. A server computing device comprising:

a processor to;

receive operating status information of a client via a remote desktop session established with the client, wherein the operating status information corresponds to an interface element displayed on the client computing device that is currently obscured by the remote desktop session,

insert a visual indication of the operating status information into a remote desktop graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the visual indication comprises a selectable user interface element that corresponds to the interface element that is currently obscured by the remote desktop session,

transmit the remote desktop GUI including the visual indication to the client for display by the client,

receive an indication from the client that the selectable user interface element has been selected, and

return a notification to the client indicating that the selectable user interface element has been selected in the remote desktop session to cause the client to activate the interface element that is obscured based on the notification that is returned.

11. The server computing device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive at least one handle from the client upon initiation of the remote desktop session, each handle identifying a corresponding type of operating status information to be transmitted to the server, and

load a respective process for each handle, the respective process receiving the operating status information of the corresponding type and outputting a corresponding visual indication based on the operating status information.

12. A method comprising:

receiving operating status information of a client via a remote desktop session established with the client, wherein the operating status information corresponds to an interface element displayed on the client that is currently obscured by the remote desktop session;

inserting a visual indication of the operating status information into a remote desktop graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the visual indication comprises a selectable user interface element that corresponds to the interface element that is currently obscured by the remote desktop session;

transmitting the remote desktop GUI including the visual indication to the client for display by the client in the remote desktop session;

receiving an indication from the client that the selectable user interface element has been selected, and

returning a notification to the client indicating that the selectable user interface element has been selected in the remote desktop session to cause the client to activate the interface element that is obscured based on the notification that is returned.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the operating status information includes one or more of battery status information, network status information, and power state information.