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Thin/zero client provisioning and management using centralized management software

  • US 9,979,798 B2
  • Filed: 01/02/2014
  • Issued: 05/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A desktop cloud manager configured to manage and control a plurality of thin client computers, comprising:

  • an eXtensible Management System (XMS) server processor;

    an XMS communication interface configured to communicate with a thin client agent for each of the plurality of thin client computers through a network;

    a thin client computer database; and

    a non-volatile memory storing an XMS server operating system, firmware of the desktop cloud manager, and thin client management software, wherein the thin client management software, when executed at the XMS server processor, is configured to;

    connect to the plurality of thin client computers through the network,discover the plurality of thin client computers,register the plurality of thin client computers at the thin client computer database,detect a management mode of each of the plurality of thin client computers, wherein the management mode is switchable between a local managed mode and a remote managed mode,provision functionalities of each of the plurality of thin client computers according to the management mode being switched to one of the local managed mode and the remote managed mode,configure device settings of peripherals attached to the plurality of thin client computers, andmanage and control the plurality of thin client computers;

    wherein for each of the plurality of thin client computers,when the management mode of the thin client computer is switched to the remote managed mode, the desktop cloud manager controls all operation of the thin client computer, and all device settings of the peripherals attached to the plurality of thin client computers are received by a thin client agent of the thin client computer from the desktop cloud manager; and

    when the management mode of the thin client computer is switched to the local managed mode, the desktop cloud manager only provides computational and data processing support to the thin client computer and shares resources with the thin client computer, and does not provide any other control over the thin client computer, and device settings of the peripherals attached to the thin client computer are configured based on input of a user at the thin client computer,wherein the management mode of the thin client computer is first determined by a device mode from a boot/need configuration of the desktop cloud manager, and is then determined by a user selection; and

    wherein the local management mode and the remote management mode of the thin client computer can be reset to each other with a reset device command from the thin client management software of the XMS server along with a unique device ID as a payload of the reset device command when the unique device ID matches a unique device ID of the thin client computer.

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