Abstract:
Techniques for implementing improved USB redirection of USB HID class devices are provided. In one set of embodiments a client system can receive, from a virtual desktop running on a server system, a poll message directed to an HID interface of a USB HID class device plugged into the client system and identify a polling thread associated with the HID interface. The client system can further save a copy of the poll message in the polling thread and initiate local polling of the HID interface, where the local polling comprises providing, via the polling thread, the copy of the poll message to the HID interface.
Abstract:
Systems and techniques are described for automated zoom and selection of content on a touch screen device. A described technique includes receiving a first touch input contacting a touch screen display of a user device at a first position in a user interface presented at a first magnification, while continuing to receive the first touch input determining that a duration of the first touch input has exceeded a predetermined threshold duration, and increasing, based on determining that the duration of the first touch input has exceeded than the predetermined threshold duration, the magnification of the user interface to a second magnification, and performing an action based on the first touch input.
Abstract:
The disclosure provides an approach for storage device write performance improvement in a remote computing environment. Embodiments include creating, on a remote device that is remote from a client device, a virtual storage device corresponding to a physical storage device physically connected to the client device. Embodiments include receiving, by a driver on the remote device, a request from an application on the remote device to perform a write operation with respect to the virtual storage device. Embodiments include sending, by the remote device, a write operation to the client device based on the request. Embodiments include prior to receiving a confirmation from the client device that the write operation was received or completed, sending, by the driver, to the application, a message indicating that the write operation is complete. Embodiments include receiving, by the driver, based on the message, an additional request to perform an additional write operation.
Abstract:
Techniques for implementing improved USB redirection of USB HID class devices are provided. In one set of embodiments a client system can receive, from a virtual desktop running on a server system, a poll message directed to an HID interface of a USB HID class device plugged into the client system and identify a polling thread associated with the HID interface. The client system can further save a copy of the poll message in the polling thread and initiate local polling of the HID interface, where the local polling comprises providing, via the polling thread, the copy of the poll message to the HID interface.
Abstract:
Authentication to a remote-server from a computing device having stored credentials for the remote server is described. In one example, a method of authenticating a user to a remote server through a client application executing on a computing device includes: receiving, by the client application, a request to authenticate the user to the remote server using credentials stored on the computing device; prompting, by the client application, the user for gesture-based password; authenticating, by the client application, the gesture-based password; and sending, by the client application, the stored credentials to the remote server for authentication in response to successful authentication of the gesture-based password.
Abstract:
A scanning preview method for a remote desktop system that includes a client computing device that has running therein a remote desktop client application including a scanner redirection module, and a host server, the scanner redirection module including a scanner core that is configured to communicate with a physical scanner, includes the steps of: receiving from an application running on the host server, a request for a preview of a scanned image; in response to the request for the preview of the scanned image, transmitting to the scanner core a request to acquire the scanned image from the physical scanner; and upon receiving the scanned image from the scanner core, transmitting the scanned image to the application, and in response thereto, receiving from the application an image of a remote desktop that includes the scanned image.
Abstract:
System and method are described for dynamically switching redirection of features between a first and a second virtual desktop that are accessed by a client in nested mode. To connect to the desktops in the nested configuration, the client can establish a first session on the first virtual desktop and then establish a session on the second virtual desktop within the first desktop. A connection can be established between the client and an agent in the first desktop for exchanging feature redirection data corresponding to a feature such as USB, clipboard, etc., and the feature can subsequently be redirected to the first desktop by exchanging corresponding data over the connection. A request can be received to switch the feature redirection to the second desktop. In response to the request, the client can establish a connection for redirecting the feature with an agent in the second desktop and the feature can be subsequently redirected to the second desktop by exchanging corresponding data over the new connection. As a result, feature redirection can be switched between desktops dynamically without terminating either virtual desktop session.
Abstract:
A computer implemented method is configured to remotely access a desktop hosted by a server system. The method displays a local view of a remote desktop hosted by a server system based on information received from the server system where the remote desktop includes a first object. The method then detects user input indicating a request to move the first object. In response to the request, the method generates a second object to represent the first object. The second object is generated to correspond to the visual appearance of the object. The method then presents the second object on the local view of the remote desktop. The second object may overlay the first object. The second object is then moved to a destination on the local view of the desktop according to the request. Once the move has concluded, the method transmits the destination to the server system.
Abstract:
An example method is provided for a computing device, coupled to a first display and a second display, to conceal sensitive information on a display. The method may comprise in response to detecting sensitive information in a desktop shown on the first display, generating a replacement image that conceals the detected sensitive information in the desktop and sending the replacement image to the second display for display. Otherwise, a mirror image of the desktop shown on the first display may be sent to the second display for display.
Abstract:
Systems and techniques are described for automated zoom and selection of content on a touch screen device. A described technique includes receiving a first touch input contacting a touch screen display of a user device at a first position in a user interface presented at a first magnification, while continuing to receive the first touch input determining that a duration of the first touch input has exceeded a predetermined threshold duration, and increasing, based on determining that the duration of the first touch input has exceeded than the predetermined threshold duration, the magnification of the user interface to a second magnification, and performing an action based on the first touch input.