System and method for rendering a composite view at a client device

• US 9,191,448 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2009
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Marketing Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wyse Technology L.L.C. (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Pahlavan, Babak, Madarakal, Nandakumar Sarun, Barreto, Daniel Ernesto
• Primary Examiner(s): PITARO, RYAN F
• Application Number:
  US12/546,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20100269047A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,276 Days
• Field of Search: 715/740
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0864 Round trip delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0884 by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions

Abstract

Examples of systems and methods are provided for rendering a composite view at a client device. A system may allow communication and may render at a local client device a composite view including a local graphical user interface (GUI) and a remote view associated with a remote application running on a remote server is provided. The system may comprise a remote view module configured to generate the remote view of the remote application, and a local view module configured to generate the local GUI for controlling the remote application remotely, configured to control an area of the display output data of the remote application that is displayed in the remote view, and configured to keep track of coordinates and dimensions of the area. A composite view comprising the local GUI and the remote view may be provided to a local display at the local client device.

Claims

1. A system for communicating and rendering at a local client device a composite view including a local graphical user interface (GUI) and a remote view associated with a remote application on a remote server, comprising:

a network interface;

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory comprising instructions operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the processor to;

generate the remote view of the remote application based on display output data of the remote application, where a remote GUI of the remote application is deactivated in the display output data;

send a user input to the remote server to allow the user input to cause a text field of the remote application on the remote server to be clicked on;

generate the local GUI for controlling the remote application remotely from the local client device, configured to receive, in response to the sent user input, a message from the remote server via the network interface, wherein the message includes a command to activate a component of the local GUI, and configured to activate the component of the local GUI in response to the received message; and

provide, for local display at the local client device, a composite view comprising the local GUI and the remote view of the remote application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the received message from the remote server includes a command to activate a graphical keyboard of the local GUI at the local client device, and the instructions further cause the processor to activate the graphical keyboard in response to the received message.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to receive a uniform resource locator (URL) from the remote server, download a video file using the URL, and play the video file using a local media player application.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is the local client device comprising a processing system.

5. A method for rendering at a local client device a composite view including a local graphical user interface (GUI) and a remote view associated with a remote application on a remote server, comprising:

generating the remote view of the remote application based on display output data of the remote application, where a remote GUI of the remote application is deactivated in the display output data;

generating the local GUI for controlling the remote application remotely from the local client device;

sending a user input to the remote server to allow the user input to cause a text field of the remote application on the remote server to be clicked on;

receiving, in response to the sent user input, a message from the remote server, wherein the message includes a command to activate a component of the local GUI;

activating the component of the local GUI in response to the received message; and

providing, for local display at the local client device, a composite view comprising the local GUI and the remote view of the remote application.

6. A non-transitory machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for rendering at a local client device a composite view including a local graphical user interface (GUI) and a remote view associated with a remote application on a remote server, the instructions comprising code for:

generating the remote view of the remote application based on display output data of the remote application, where a remote GUI of the remote application is deactivated in the display output data;

generating the local GUI for controlling the remote application remotely from the local client device;

sending a user input to the remote server to allow the user input to cause a text field of the remote application on the remote server to be clicked on;

receiving, in response to the sent user input, a message from the remote server, wherein the message includes a command to activate a component of the local GUI;

activating the component of the local GUI in response to the received message; and

providing, for local display at the local client device, a composite view comprising the local GUI and the remote view of the remote application.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the received message from the remote server includes a command to activate a graphical keyboard of the local GUI at the local client device, and the activating the component of the local GUI comprises activating the graphical keyboard in response to the received message.

8. An apparatus for rendering at a local client device a composite view including a local graphical user interface (GUI) and a remote view associated with a remote application on a remote server, comprising:

means for generating the remote view of the remote application based on display output data of the remote application, where a remote GUI of the remote application is deactivated in the display output data;

means for generating the local GUI for controlling the remote application remotely from the local client device;

means for sending a user input to the remote server to allow the user input to cause a text field of the remote application on the remote server to be clicked on;

means for receiving, in response to the sent user input, a message from the remote server, wherein the message includes a command to activate a component of the local GUI;

means for activating the component of the local GUI in response to the received message; and

means for providing, for local display at the local client device, a composite view comprising the local GUI and the remote view of the remote application.