Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100088360 | METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING VIRTUAL DESKTOPS OR VIRTUAL APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for dynamically updating a computer system are provided. In some embodiments, these methods and systems collect information pertaining to a desktop unit in access by a user; provide the information to a network service on a server; send the information to a network service associated with a desired service; send the information to a user session; update a desktop unit variable; and initiate an event based on the updated unit variable. | 04-08-2010 |
20100088397 | SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING VIRTUAL DESKTOPS OR VIRTUAL APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for dynamically updating a computer system are provided. In some embodiments, these methods and systems collect information pertaining to a desktop unit in access by a user; provide the information to a network service on a server; send the information to a network service associated with a desired service; send the information to a user session; update a desktop unit variable; and initiate an event based on the updated unit variable. | 04-08-2010 |
20100274837 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING COMPUTER MEMORY AND FILE LOCATIONS WITHIN VIRTUAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS - The present invention provides systems and methods for dynamically updating computer memory and modifying function requests within virtual computing environments. Methods for updating computer memory environmental variables may comprise methods for modifying, computer processes, methods for providing client applications to capture and respond to information requests, and methods for configuring application frameworks to capture and respond to information requests. | 10-28-2010 |
20100274841 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING VIRTUAL DESKTOPS OR VIRTUAL APPLICATIONS IN A STANDARD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides systems and methods for dynamically updating computer memory and modifying function requests within virtual computing environments. Methods for updating computer memory environmental variables may comprise methods for modifying, computer processes, methods for providing client applications to capture and respond to information requests, and methods for configuring application frameworks to capture and respond to information requests. | 10-28-2010 |
20110082938 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING A USER INTERFACE WITHIN A VIRTUAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides systems and methods for dynamically manipulating and/or reconfiguring a user interface within a virtual computing environment. Specifically, various systems and methods as provided by the present invention allow for dynamic manipulation or reconfiguration of a user interface within a computing session. Depending on the embodiment, the system and method may be used for sessions provided by an application control environment or a virtual computing environment. Embodiments of the invention enable dynamic manipulation, control, and reconfiguration of the user interface within a computing environment based on user interface rules. These user interface rules may be used to implement policy and access control on users of the computing session. | 04-07-2011 |
20110083081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALLOWING A USER TO CONTROL THEIR COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT WITHIN A VIRTUAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides systems and methods for allowing a user to control their computing environment within a virtual computing environment. Specifically, various systems and methods as provided by the present invention allow for users to configure their computing environment within a virtual computing environment based on changing locations within a single computing session. Depending on the embodiment, the system and method may be used for sessions provided by an application control environment or a virtual computing environment. Embodiments of the invention allow for user control of the computing environment based on user policy rules. These user policy rules may be used to implement access control on users of the computing session. | 04-07-2011 |
20120092693 | CENTRALIZED PRINT DRIVER DISTRIBUTION IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for centralized print driver distribution in a distributed printing environment. A set of drivers may be stored at one or more centralized data stores, and distributed to print servers. This distribution may occur on a per-print job basis. Drivers may be automatically removed from the print servers based on certain criteria. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092719 | CENTRALIZED PRINT JOB ROUTING IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for centralized print job routing in a distributed printing environment. A data store may include a first table of identifiers for printers, a second table of identifiers for print servers, a third table of identifiers for drivers, and an association between identifiers of the first, second, and third tables. A print router may be configured to determine a printer selected for a print job. Based on the association between the identifiers of the first, second, and third tables, the print router may map a print server to the selected printer and a driver to the print server. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092720 | DYNAMIC PRINT JOB ROUTING IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for dynamic print job routing in a distributed printing environment. A data store may include a set of rules for dynamically determining an identified print job destination based on at least one characteristic of a print job generated by a print job source. A rules engine may be configured to receive a notification of the print job, identify the characteristic of the print job from the received notification, and apply the set of rules in the data store to the identified characteristic of the print job to dynamically determine an updated print job destination for the print job. The updated print job destination is associated with at least one printer. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092721 | DYNAMIC PRINT SERVER GENERATION IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for dynamic print server generation in a distributed printing environment. A data store may store multiple operating systems. A central server computer system is in communication with the data store. The central server computer system may receive notification of a print job, select a printer for the print job, map a stored driver to the selected printer, select an operating system associated with the driver from the data store, and dynamically load the operating system associated with the driver to generate a print server for the print job. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092722 | MANAGING PRINTER FEEDBACK IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for dynamic print server generation in a distributed printing environment. In these methods, systems, and devices, a print router may receive a print job from a print source over a unidirectional print data path. The print router may transmit the print job to a print job destination associated with a printer of a number of printers in communication with the print router. The print router may receive a message from the printer and transmit the message from the printer to the print job source over a network path separate from the unidirectional print data path. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092723 | BIDIRECTIONAL PRINT ROUTER COMMUNICATIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for bidirectional print router communication in a distributed printing environment. In these methods, systems, and devices, a print router receives a print job from a print job source over a unidirectional print data path. The print router forwards the print job to a first print job destination associated with a first printer, and receives a first message from the first printer. The first message may be forwarded to the print job source, and a second message from the print job source may also be received. The print job is then transmitted from the print router to a second print job destination associated with a second printer based on the first message from the first printer, a set of rules, and/or the second message received from the print job source. | 04-19-2012 |
20120185527 | DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL DESKTOP ARCHITECTURE - Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing distributed virtual desktops. In these methods, systems, and devices, a first user is authenticated at a first machine communicatively coupled with a server computer system. A second machine communicatively coupled with the server computer system is selected to host an operating system session associated with the first user. Input/output functionality for the operating system session associated with the first user is assigned to the first machine, and the first machine is instructed to communicate with the second machine such that the input/output functionality provided by the first machine is mapped to the operating system session associated with the first user at the second machine. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185528 | SESSION ALLOCATION FOR DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL DESKTOP ARCHITECTURE - Methods, systems, and devices are described for allocating sessions in a distributed virtual desktop architecture. Multiple machines may each be configured to host at least one operating session and provide an input/output functionality. A data store may store a set of rules for identifying a session machine to host an operating system session associated with a user. A server computer system may be communicatively coupled with the data store and with each of the machines. The server computer system may authenticate the user at a first machine, enforce the set of rules to identify a session machine from the plurality of machines to host an operating system associated with the user, and instruct the first machine to communicate with the identified session machine such that the input/output functionality provided by the first machine is mapped to the operating system session associated with the user at the session machine. | 07-19-2012 |
20120203895 | Trending Engine for Virtual Computing Environment - Methods, systems, devices, and computer program products are described to monitor trends in workflow in a virtual computing environment, and adapt a session according to these monitored trends. Sessions may be monitored based on a type of user involved, a type of machine or application accessed, and/or specific locations. The workflow of a user within a session may be monitored as well. Certain correlations between past and future actions are identified. Future events may be anticipated or predicted based on an association between events, types of users, types of machines and applications, and/or specific locations. Using this trending information, workflow can be anticipated and sessions can be adapted proactively. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203906 | Pre-Access Location-Based Rule Initiation in a Virtual Computing Environment - Methods, systems, and devices are described for updating resource access permissions in a virtual computing environment. In these methods, systems, and devices, a host computer system determines that a user associated with an existing session has moved from a first location to a second location, identifies at least one pre-access rule based on the second location, applies the at least one pre-access rule to the existing session before authenticating the user for access to the existing session in response to the determination that the user has moved to the second location, and authenticates the user at the second location for access to the existing session after the at least one pre-access rule has been applied to the existing session. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204235 | Updating Resource Access Permissions in a Virtual Computing Environment - Methods, systems, and devices are described for updating resource access permissions in a virtual computing environment. In these methods, systems, and devices, a host computer system determines that a user associated with an existing session has moved from a first location associated with a first set of access permissions to a second location associated with a second set of access permissions. The second set of access permissions is applied at the host computer to the existing session based on the determination that the user has moved to the second location. The user is then allowed to access the existing session from the second location according to the second set of access permissions. | 08-09-2012 |
20120216298 | Pre-Access Location-Based Rule Initiation In a Virtual Computing Environment - Methods, systems, and devices are described for updating resource access permissions in a virtual computing environment. In these methods, systems, and devices, a host computer system determines that a user associated with an existing session has moved from a first location to a second location, identifies at least one pre-access rule based on the second location, applies the at least one pre-access rule to the existing session before authenticating the user for access to the existing session in response to the determination that the user has moved to the second location, and authenticates the user at the second location for access to the existing session after the at least one pre-access rule has been applied to the existing session. | 08-23-2012 |
20120271881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING COMPUTER MEMORY AND FILE LOCATIONS WITHIN VIRTUAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS - The present invention provides systems and methods for dynamically updating computer memory and modifying function requests within virtual computing environments. Methods for updating computer memory environmental variables may comprise methods for modifying, computer processes, methods for providing client applications to capture and respond to information requests, and methods for configuring application frameworks to capture and respond to information requests. | 10-25-2012 |
20130086648 | UPDATING RESOURCE ACCESS PERMISSIONS IN A VIRTUAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for updating resource access permissions in a virtual computing environment. In these methods, systems, and devices, a host computer system determines that a user associated with an existing session has moved from a first location associated with a first set of access permissions to a second location associated with a second set of access permissions. The second set of access permissions is applied at the host computer to the existing session based on the determination that the user has moved to the second location. The user is then allowed to access the existing session from the second location according to the second set of access permissions. | 04-04-2013 |
20130094060 | DYNAMIC PRINT JOB ROUTING IN A DISTRIBUTED PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for dynamic print job routing in a distributed printing environment. A data store may include a set of rules for dynamically determining an identified print job destination based on at least one characteristic of a print job generated by a print job source. A rules engine may be configured to receive a notification of the print job, identify the characteristic of the print job from the received notification, and apply the set of rules in the data store to the identified characteristic of the print job to dynamically determine an updated print job destination for the print job. The updated print job destination is associated with at least one printer. | 04-18-2013 |
20130185393 | DYNAMICALLY MULTIPLEXING USER SESSIONS AMONG MULTIPLE TERMINAL DEVICES - Methods, systems, and devices are described for dynamically multiplexing user sessions among multiple terminal devices. A switch device establishes a session with a host device on behalf of a user logged in to a first terminal device communicatively coupled with the switch device. The switch device forwards packets received from the host device to the first terminal device, the packets associated with the session. The switch device may receive a selection of a second terminal for association with the session while maintaining the session with the host device on behalf of the user. The switch device forwards at least a portion of the packets associated with the session from the host device to the second terminal device responsive to receiving the selection of the second terminal device. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185772 | DYNAMICALLY UPDATING A SESSION BASED ON LOCATION DATA FROM AN AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - Systems, devices, methods, and software are described for dynamically updating a session based on location data from an access device, such as an access card reader. In one example, a method of managing at least one centrally hosted virtual session may include: associating a user with a virtual session, a first terminal device, and a first location at a central server computer system; receiving a notification at the central server computer system that an access token associated with the user has been received at an access device associated with a second terminal device and a second location; associating the virtual session with the second location in response to the notification; and updating the virtual session at the first terminal device according to at least one location-based rule associated with the second location. | 07-18-2013 |
20130191903 | DUAL FACTOR AUTHENTICATION WITH A PROGRAMMABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - Systems, devices, methods, and software are described for managing virtual sessions based on dual factor authentication. A central server computer system may authenticate a user of a terminal device based on at least one user authentication credential and a unique device identifier received from the terminal device. The virtual session may be associated with the terminal device based on the received unique device identifier and the at least one user authentication credential. The virtual session may be updated according to at least one rule based on the association of the virtual session of the user with the terminal device | 07-25-2013 |
20130205373 | ADAPTING AUTHENTICATION FLOW BASED ON WORKFLOW EVENTS - Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for managing virtual sessions. A plurality of workflow events may be received at a central server computer system from a plurality of different terminal devices. A context of a user associated with a virtual session at the central server computer system may be determined, and an authentication flow for the user may be determined based on the context of the user and at least one of the received workflow events. The user may be authenticated for access to the virtual session at a terminal device according to the determined authentication flow. | 08-08-2013 |
20130332591 | DYNAMIC SCRIPT INTERPRETATION IN REMOTE CONTEXTS - Systems, devices, and methods for dynamically interpreting a script in a remote context are provided. A host device begins an interpretation of a script according to local context data of the host device. The script may be associated with a virtual session hosted by the host device on behalf of a terminal device communicatively coupled with the host computing device. The host device may recognize a language element in the script that indicates a portion of the script associated with interpretation according to local context data of the terminal device. The host device may receive results of an interpretation of the indicated portion of the script according to the local context data of the terminal device. The host device may continue interpreting the script according to the context data of the host computing device using the received results. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332727 | ACCESS TOKEN EVENT VIRTUALIZATION - Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for access token event virtualization. An access token may be received at a central server computer system from a terminal device. The access token event may indicate that an access device associated with the terminal device has received an access token. A virtual session associated with the received access token event may be identified at the central server computer system, and a set of rules may be applied to the received access token event and the identified virtual session to determine an action associated with the identified virtual session. The central server computer system may transmit an instruction to at least one device communicatively coupled with the central server computer system to carry out the action associated with the identified virtual session. | 12-12-2013 |
20140012892 | DEVICE COLLABORATION IN A VIRTUAL SESSION - Methods, systems, and devices are described for using a central server computer system disposed to dynamically manage collaboration between terminal devices and peripheral devices during a virtual session. The central server computer system may associate a peripheral device with a virtual session hosted by a host device. The virtual session may be further associated with a terminal device communicatively coupled with the central server computer system. The central server computer system may establish a connection between the central server computer system and the peripheral device; forward peripheral data between the peripheral device and the host device such that the virtual session perceives the peripheral device as locally connected to the host device; and forward user interface data associated with the virtual session between the host device and the terminal device. | 01-09-2014 |
20140025740 | COLLABORATION ACTIVITY INITIATION - Systems, devices, and methods are described for initiating collaboration activities among multiple terminal devices. A central server computer system may receive a trigger event for a collaboration activity at a central server computer system; identify a set of participants in the collaboration activity; identify a current device associated with each of the identified participants; and apply a set of rules to the received trigger event and the identified participants to preemptively establish a bridge for the collaboration activity between each of the identified devices prior to a start of the collaboration activity. | 01-23-2014 |