Providing a user with virtual computing services

• US 9,277,000 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2014
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fiver LLC
• Original Assignee: nHoldings SA
• Inventors: Duggal, Sachin
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/277,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20140250170A1
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/219, 709/241
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/468 Specific access rights for resources, e.g. using capability register
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/00 Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00; network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00; security arrangements for protecting computers or computer systems against unauthorised activity G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/02 for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/562 Brokering proxy services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/00 Details of selecting apparatus or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 379/901 Virtual networks or virtual private networks

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing a user with virtual computing services are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for providing virtual computing services to a specific user, may comprising: detecting a request generated from a user device of the specific user to access data; in which the data is not accessible by applications installed on the user device; identifying a file type of the data; and providing the specific user access to a remote application or a virtual desktop, in which the remote application or the virtual desktop is configured to allow the specific user to open, execute, edit, and/or access the data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

implementing a virtual desktop service utilizing a network of servers that are connected and synchronized using a virtual private network protocol;

establishing a secure protocol between a user computing device and the virtual desktop service;

load-balancing amongst servers in functional network grids of the network of servers to select one or more servers, the functional network grids comprising an applications grid, a storage grid, and a back-office grid, wherein the application grid is configured to add a user transaction to the back-office grid;

generating service components of the virtual desktop service utilizing the selected servers; and

streaming the service components to the user computing device to provide a virtualized desktop to a user of the user computing device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein establishing the secure protocol includes authenticating a user profile of the user computing device for access to the virtual desktop service.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein establishing the secure protocol includes providing a firewall between the service components and the user computing device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the network of servers are partitioned into the functional network grids respectively corresponding to the service components of the virtual desktop service.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the functional network grids includes an applications grid, the applications grid including multiple application streaming servers.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the functional network grids includes a back-office grid, the back-office grid including servers configured to track application subscription transactions of a user profile of the user.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the functional network grids includes a storage grid, the storage grid including multiple storage devices.

8. A computer system comprising:

a synchronization component configured to implement a virtual desktop service utilizing a network of servers that are connected and synchronized using a virtual private network protocol;

a firewall component configured to establish a secure protocol between a user computing device and the virtual desktop service; and

the network of servers partitioned into functional network grids, each grid configured to load-balance to select one or more servers to generate a service component, wherein service components of the functional network grids implement the virtual desktop service, the functional network grids comprising an applications grid, a storage grid, and a back-office grid, wherein the application grid is configured to add a user transaction to the back-office grid; and

wherein the firewall component is configured to stream the service components to the user computing device to provide a virtualized desktop to a user of the user computing device.