Method, electronic device, and computer program product for using virtual desktop

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11941438-B2
Application number	US-202117398100-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2021
Priority date	Jul 23, 2021
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for using a virtual desktop. A method in one embodiment includes receiving, at a first edge node in a plurality of edge nodes, an instruction from a first set of input devices in a plurality of peripheral devices. The instruction is for use of a first virtual desktop deployed on the first edge node. The method further includes: using the first virtual desktop based on the instruction by using resources at the first edge node. The method further includes: sending data to an output device in the plurality of peripheral devices, wherein the data is associated with the use of the first virtual desktop. The solution for using a virtual desktop of the present application enables the use of a virtual desktop using resources at an edge node without requiring a client.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for using a virtual desktop, comprising:
receiving, at a first edge node in a plurality of edge nodes, an instruction from a first set of input devices in a plurality of peripheral devices, wherein the instruction is for use of a first virtual desktop deployed on the first edge node;
using the first virtual desktop based on the instruction by using resources at the first edge node; and
sending data to an output device in the plurality of peripheral devices, wherein the data is associated with the use of the first virtual desktop.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein using the first virtual desktop based on the instruction comprises at least one of:
processing the instruction using a driver corresponding to the first set of input devices;
authenticating the first set of input devices based on the instruction; and
identifying an input device in the first set of input devices that is associated with a first user based on the instruction.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, in response to a level of the resources at the first edge node being below a first threshold, state data of the first virtual desktop that is being used to a second edge node in the plurality of edge nodes, wherein the state data is used to reconstruct at the second edge node a second virtual desktop identical to the first virtual desktop.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
sending the state data of the first virtual desktop that is being used to a cloud.

5. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
receiving from a scheduling service an indication that the level of the resources at the first edge node is below the first threshold, wherein the scheduling service is deployed on at least one edge node in the plurality of edge nodes or on a cloud external to the plurality of edge nodes.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to a quality of communication between a third edge node in the plurality of edge nodes and a second set of input devices in the plurality of peripheral devices being below a second threshold, receiving a second instruction from the second set of input devices, wherein the second instruction is for use of a third virtual desktop deployed on the third edge node; and
sending the second instruction to the third edge node.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resources comprise at least one of:
computing resources;
storage resources; and
network bandwidth.

8. An electronic device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having instructions stored therein that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to execute actions comprising:
receiving, at a first edge node in a plurality of edge nodes, an instruction from a first set of input devices in a plurality of peripheral devices, wherein the instruction is for use of a first virtual desktop deployed on the first edge node;
using the first virtual desktop based on the instruction by using resources at the first edge node; and
sending data to an output device in the plurality of peripheral devices, wherein the data is associated with the use of the first virtual desktop.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein using the first virtual desktop based on the instruction comprises at least one of:
processing the instruction using a driver corresponding to the first set of input devices;
authenticating the first set of input devices based on the instruction; and
identifying an input device in the first set of input devices that is associated with a first user based on the instruction.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the actions further comprise:
sending, in response to a level of the resources at the first edge node being below a first threshold, state data of the first virtual desktop that is being used to a second edge node in the plurality of edge nodes, wherein the state data is used to reconstruct at the second edge node a second virtual desktop identical to the first virtual desktop.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the actions further comprise:
sending the state data of the first virtual desktop that is being used to a cloud.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the actions further comprise:
receiving from a scheduling service an indication that the level of the resources at the first edge node is below the first threshold, wherein the scheduling service is deployed on at least one edge node in the plurality of edge nodes or on a cloud external to the plurality of edge nodes.

13. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the actions further comprise:
in response to a quality of communication between a third edge node in the plurality of edge nodes and a second set of input devices in the plurality of peripheral devices being below a second threshold, receiving a second instruction from the second set of input devices, wherein the second instruction is for use of a third virtual desktop deployed on the third edge node; and
sending the second instruction to the third edge node.

14. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the resources comprise at least one of:
computing resources;
storage resources; and
network bandwidth.

15. A computer program product that is tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium and comprises machine-executable instructions, wherein the machine-executable instructions, when executed, cause a machine to perform a method for using a virtual desktop, the method comprising:
receiving, at a first edge node in a plurality of edge nodes, an instruction from a first set of input devices in a plurality of peripheral devices, wherein the instruction is for use of a first virtual desktop deployed on the first edge node;
using the first virtual desktop based on the instruction by using resources at the first edge node; and
sending data to an output device in the plurality of peripheral devices, wherein the data is associated with the use of the first virtual desktop.

16. The computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein using the first virtual desktop based on the instruction comprises at least one of:
processing the instruction using a driver corresponding to the first set of input devices;
authenticating the first set of input devices based on the instruction; and
identifying an input device in the first set of input devices that is associated with a first user based on the instruction.

17. The computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending, in response to a level of the resources at the first edge node being below a first threshold, state data of the first virtual desktop that is being used to a second edge node in the plurality of edge nodes, wherein the state data is used to reconstruct at the second edge node a second virtual desktop identical to the first virtual desktop.

18. The computer program product according to claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending the state data of the first virtual desktop that is being used to a cloud.

19. The computer program product according to claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving from a scheduling service an indication that the level of the resources at the first edge node is below the first threshold, wherein the scheduling service is deployed on at least one edge node in the plurality of edge n

Assignees

• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Fernandez Orellana Pedro
• Chen Qiang

Classifications

• G06F9/4881 Primary

  Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues · CPC title

• G06F9/3836

  Instruction issuing, e.g. dynamic instruction scheduling or out of order instruction execution · CPC title

• G06F9/4856

  resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine migration (G06F9/5088 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F9/5077

  Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources (specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455) · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title