SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING A COLLABORATIVE DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT

• US 20120054640A1
• Filed: 08/18/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Datapath Limited (Datapath Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mosaiqq, Inc (Datapath Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nancke-Krogh, Anders
• Granted Patent: US 9,043,706 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/751
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Described herein are systems and methods for enabling a collaborative remote desktop environment. The system includes a computing device and a first application instance that has an application state associated therewith. The first application instance includes, or is associated with, a current state component and application data/data files. The system further includes an application launcher that is used to instantiate a second application instance operating either on the same or on a different computing device. The second application instance similarly has an application state associated therewith and is associated with the application launcher. Upon receiving a request from the second user to interact with the first application instance, the application state and the application data/data files are communicated to the application launcher, and the application launcher instantiates the second application instance so that its state is substantially identical to that of the first application instance.

Claims

1. A system for enabling a collaborative remote desktop environment, comprising:

a computing device having a first application instance that has an associated state therewith, wherein the first application instance includes an input handler, an application logic component, an output handler, a current state component, and data files;

a remote input handler at the computing device that receives an interaction request to interact with the first application instance, wherein the remote input handler communicates the interaction request to the current state component, and wherein

the application logic component updates application state data at the current state component, and

the current state component communicates the application state data, and the data files to the remote input handler; and

a second application instance operating on the computing device or a different computing device, wherein the second application instance is associated with an application launcher, and wherein the application launcher receives the application state data and the data files from the first application instance, and wherein the application launcher instantiates the second application instance so that the second application instance'"'"'s state is substantially identical to that of the first application instance.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein an input received at the first application instance results in a direct update of the data files and the current state component.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data files are stored in a cloud-based system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the application launcher, upon receiving the application state data and the data files:

determines a compatible second application instance for the computing device or the different computing device; and

initiates a download and install of the second application instance for the different computing device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the application launcher determines whether the first application instance is a premium application, and wherein when the first application instance is the premium application, the application launcher requests payment.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the application launcher launches the second application instance having an input handler, an application logic component, an output handler, a current state component, and data files.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the application launcher sets the current state component and the data files to be substantially identical to that of the first application instance.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein certain current state component and data files are communicated to the second application instance, and wherein the certain current state component and data files are determined based on a permission setting of the current state component and data files.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein when instantiating the second application, the second application uses a same uniform resource locator (URL), content, zoom and scroll bar position as the first application instance.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein after the second application instance has been instantiated, a subsequent interaction request to interact with the first application instance updates the state of the second application instance using the current state information of the first application instance.

11. A method for enabling a collaborative remote desktop environment, comprising the steps of:

providing a computing device having a first application instance that has an associated state therewith, wherein the first application instance includes an input handler, an application logic component, an output handler, a current state component, and data files;

receiving an interaction request to interact with the application at a remote input handler at the computing device;

communicating, by the remote input handler, the interaction request to the current state component, and wherein the application logic component updates application state data at the current state component, and wherein the current state component communicates the application state data and the data files to the remote input handler;

providing a second application instance operating on the computing device or a different computing device, wherein the second application instance is associated with an application launcher;

receiving, at the application launcher, the application state data and the data files from the first application instance; and

instantiating, by the application launcher, the second application instance so that the second application instance'"'"'s state is substantially identical to that of the first application instance.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein an input received at the first application instance results in a direct update of the data files and the current state component.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the data files are stored in a cloud-based system.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the application launcher, upon receiving the application state data and the data files:

determines a compatible second application instance for the different computing device; and

initiates a download and install of the second application instance for the different computing device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the application launcher determines whether the first application instance is a premium application, and wherein when the first application instance is the premium application, the application launcher requests payment.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the application launcher launches the second application instance having an input handler, an application logic component, an output handler, a current state component, and data files.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the application launcher sets the current state component and the data files to be substantially identical to that of the first application instance.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein after the second application instance has been instantiated, a subsequent interaction request to interact with the first application instance updates the state of the second application instance using the current state information of the first application instance.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein certain current state component and data files are communicated to the second application instance, and wherein the certain current state component and data files are determined based on a permission setting of the current state component and data files.

20. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for enabling a collaborative remote desktop environment, wherein said instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute the steps of:

providing a computing device having a first application instance that has an associated state therewith, wherein the first application instance includes an input handler, an application logic component, an output handler, a current state component, and data files;

receiving an interaction request to interact with the application at a remote input handler at the computing device;

communicating, by the remote input handler, the interaction request to the current state component, and wherein the application logic component updates application state data at the current state component, and wherein the current state component communicates the application state data and the data files to the remote input handler;

providing a second application instance operating on the computing device or a different computing device, wherein the second application instance is associated with an application launcher;

receiving, at the application launcher, the application state data and the data files from the first application instance; and

instantiating, by the application launcher, the second application instance so that the second application instance'"'"'s state is substantially identical to that of the first application instance.