Flash redirection proxy plugin to support functionality of a flash player at a client

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10365781-B2
Application number	US-201615089188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 1, 2016
Priority date	Jun 29, 2012
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes, at a server, loading in a browser a webpage including flash content. The browser loads a flash redirection plugin, and requests the plugin to execute an ActionScript. The plugin passes the ActionScript to a flash redirection browser at a client. The plugin receives from the flash redirection browser the result of executing the ActionScript, and the result is provided to the browser.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method at a first server comprising:
loading a redirection module, wherein the redirection module comprises a flash redirection proxy plugin to support functionality of a flash player at a client;
retrieving flash content from a flash content server;
loading in a server browser a webpage comprising the flash content;
in the server browser, loading the flash redirection proxy plugin, wherein the flash redirection proxy plugin redirects one or more flash parameters from the server browser to the flash player, wherein the flash player places image data based on the flash content into a bitmap for transmission to the client;
creating a tunnel between the first server and the client;
by the flash redirection proxy plugin, sending a request to a flash redirection proxy browser at the client via the tunnel to load the flash player at the client;
by the server browser, requesting the flash redirection proxy plugin to execute an ActionScript, wherein the flash content depends on execution of the Action Script; and
by the flash redirection proxy plugin via the tunnel, passing the ActionScript and the flash content within the bitmap to the flash redirection proxy browser at the client.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining based, at least in part, on a stored state of one or more of the server browser, a flash virtualization module, the redirection module, and a network module if the flash content is currently being redirected.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving by the flash redirection proxy plugin from the flash redirection proxy browser a result of executing the ActionScript; and
providing, by the flash redirection proxy plugin, the result to the server browser.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the flash content comprises a plurality of flash content items of the webpage.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the flash content interacts with the ActionScript.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
fetching the one or more flash parameters from the flash content via the redirection module, wherein the one or more flash parameters comprise one or more of a uniform resource locator, a size, and dimensions.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the client is remote from the flash content server and the first server.

8. A system comprising:
a first information handling system;
one or more central processing units for processing information of the first information handling system;
a memory of the first information handling system communicatively coupled to the one or more central processing units; and
one or more modules that comprise instructions stored in the memory, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processing units, operable to perform operations comprising:
loading a redirection module, wherein the redirection module comprises a flash redirection proxy plugin to support functionality of a flash player at a client;
retrieving flash content from a flash content server;
loading in a server browser a webpage comprising the flash content;
in the server browser, loading the flash redirection proxy plugin, wherein the flash redirection proxy plugin redirects one or more flash parameters from the server browser to the flash player, wherein the flash player places image data based on the flash content into a bitmap for transmission to the client;
creating a tunnel between the first server and the client;
by the flash redirection proxy plugin, sending a request to a flash redirection proxy browser at the client via the tunnel to load the flash player at the client;
by the server browser, requesting the flash redirection proxy plugin to execute an ActionScript, wherein the flash content depends on execution of the Action Script; and
by the flash redirection proxy plugin via the tunnel, passing the ActionScript and the flash content within the bitmap to the flash redirection proxy browser at the client.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further operable to perform operations comprising:
determining based, at least in part, on a stored state of one or more of the server browser, a flash virtualization module, the redirection module, and a network module if the flash content is currently being redirected.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further operable to perform operations comprising:
receiving by the flash redirection proxy plugin from the flash redirection proxy browser a result of executing the ActionScript; and
providing, by the flash redirection proxy plugin, the result to the server browser.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the flash content comprises a plurality of flash content items of the webpage.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the flash content interacts with the ActionScript.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further operable to perform operations comprising:
fetching the one or more flash parameters from the flash content via the redirection module, wherein the one or more flash parameters comprise one or more of a uniform resource locator, a size, and dimensions.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the flash redirection proxy browser is operable with multiple platforms.

15. A first server comprising one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:
load a redirection module, wherein the redirection module comprises a flash redirection proxy plugin to support functionality of a flash player at a client;
retrieve flash content from a flash content server;
load in a server browser a webpage comprising the flash content;
in the server browser, load the flash redirection proxy plugin, wherein the flash redirection proxy plugin redirects one or more flash parameters from the server browser to the flash player, wherein the flash player places image data based on the flash content into a bitmap for transmission to the client;
create a tunnel between the first server and the client;
by the flash redirection proxy plugin, send a request to a flash redirection proxy browser at the client via the tunnel to load the flash player at the client;
by the server browser, request the flash redirection proxy plugin to execute an ActionScript, wherein the flash content depends on execution of the Action Script; and
by the flash redirection proxy plugin via the tunnel, pass the ActionScript and the flash content within the bitmap to the flash redirection proxy browser at the client.

16. The media of claim 15 , wherein the software is further operable when executed to:
determine based, at least in part, on a stored state of one or more of the server browser, a flash virtualization module, the redirection module, and a network module if the flash content is currently being redirected.

17. The media of claim 15 , wherein the software is further operable when executed to:
receive by the flash redirection proxy plugin from the flash redirection proxy browser a result of executing the ActionScript; and
provide, by the flash redirection proxy plugin, the result to the server browser.

18. The media of claim 15 , wherein the flash content comprises a plurality of flash content items of the webpage.

19. The media of claim 15 , wherein the software is further operable when executed to:
fetch the one or more flash parameters from the flash content via the redirection module, wherein the one or more flash parameters comprise one or more of a uniform resource locator, a size, and dimensions.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Venkatesh Ramanujam
• Biradar Vishwanath

Classifications

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04L67/2814

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• H04L67/42

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  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 title