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Accessing Virtual Disk Content of a Virtual Machine Without Running a Virtual Desktop

  • US 20110185355A1
  • Filed: 01/27/2010
  • Published: 07/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a client application executing on a client device, comprising:

  • invoking an application programming interface (“

    API”

    ) request to cause retrieval of content stored on a virtual disk that is coupled to a virtual desktop of a virtual machine, the virtual desktop not running on the client device, the content associated with a particular user and otherwise accessible to the user through the virtual desktop when the virtual desktop is running on the client device;

    receiving, in response to the API request, from a server computing system associated with one or more virtual machines residing on one or more physical systems, the requested content associated with the user; and

    presenting, independent of the virtual desktop, the received content associated with the user on a display device associated with the client device.

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