Apparatus and method for in-memory-based virtual desktop service

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016378535-A1
Application number	US-201615092769-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 7, 2016
Priority date	Jun 24, 2015
Publication date	Dec 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for in-memory-based virtual desktop service. The apparatus for in-memory-based virtual desktop service includes a connection broker for performing a task for coordinating a delivery protocol that is used between at least one user terminal that uses virtual desktop service and multiple servers that provide the virtual desktop service, a resource pool for providing software resources including an Operating System (OS) for the virtual desktop service; and virtual machine infrastructure for supporting hardware resources, and dynamically allocating software stored in the software resources to the hardware resources.

First claim

1 . An apparatus for virtual desktop service, comprising:
a connection manager configured to perform an assignment task of assigning a virtual machine to a user terminal using the virtual desktop service; a resource pool configured to provide software resources including an operating system, applications, and user profiles to the virtual desktop service; and a virtual machine infrastructure configured to support hardware resources, wherein the connection manager is configured to perform a coordination task of coordinating a delivery protocol used between the user terminal and servers that provide the virtual desktop service, wherein the virtual machine infrastructure employs an in-memory virtual desktop which is created on a main memory, wherein the in-memory virtual desktop on the main memory is backed up as an image when a virtual desktop server is turned off, wherein the in-memory virtual desktop on the main memory are restored from a backup storage when the virtual desktop server is turned on, and wherein the image is de-duplicated and is converted to a read or write command which is transferred in blocks on an accessible main memory address.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the connection manager identifies an allocated user, a pooled user or a VM(multi-virtual machine) user,
wherein the connection manager allocates a virtual machine by adopting a pre-set method and a manual method to the allocated user, wherein the connection manager allocates a non-persistent virtual machine for only one time use to the pooled user, and wherein the connection manager allocates multiple virtual machines to the VM(multi-virtual machine) user.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the connection manager provides environment files with the user terminal the environment files including an image of operating system (OS) which corresponds to a requirement configured by the user terminal, and wherein the environmental files are prepared in advance when the virtual desktop service is provided.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the virtual machine infrastructure,
supports high availability(HA) with predefined configuration parameters.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the delivery protocol is used to encapsulate and deliver access to an entire information system environment or access to the user terminal over a network, and
wherein a plurality of virtual machines in the servers is generated over a single hypervisor.

6 . A virtual desktop service method, comprising:
checking, by a connection manager, user profiles of a user terminal for virtual desktop service and searching for a virtual machine suitable for hardware of the user terminal; requesting, by the connection manager, a virtual machine infrastructure to generate a corresponding virtual machine if the suitable virtual machine is not present and applying, by the connection broker, the user profiles to a corresponding virtual machine if the suitable virtual machine is present and generating a virtual desktop; and sending, by the connection manager, connection information for sending the generated virtual desktop to the user terminal and sending the virtual desktop to the user terminal using a delivery protocol of the virtual desktop, wherein the connection manager is configured to perform a coordination task of coordinating a delivery protocol used between the user terminal and servers that provide the virtual desktop service, wherein the virtual machine infrastructure employs an in-memory virtual desktop which is created on a main memory, wherein the in-memory virtual desktop on the main memory is backed up as an image when a virtual desktop server is turned off, wherein the in-memory virtual desktop on the main memory are restored from a backup storage when the virtual desktop server is turned on, and wherein the image is de-duplicated and is converted to a read or write command which is transferred in blocks on an accessible main memory address.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the connection manager identifies an allocated user, a pooled user or a VM(multi-virtual machine) user,
wherein the connection manager allocates a virtual machine by adopting a pre-set method and a manual method to the allocated user, wherein the connection manager allocates a non-persistent virtual machine for only one time use to the pooled user, and wherein the connection manager allocates multiple virtual machines to the VM(multi-virtual machine) user.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the connection manager provides environment files with the user terminal the environment files including an image of operating system (OS) which corresponds to a requirement configured by the user terminal, and wherein the environmental files are prepared in advance when the virtual desktop service is provided.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the virtual machine infrastructure supports high availability(HA) with predefined configuration parameters.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the delivery protocol is used to encapsulate and deliver access to an entire information system environment or access to the user terminal over a network, and
wherein a plurality of virtual machines in the servers is generated over a single hypervisor.

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Oh Soo-Cheol
• Kim Dae-Won
• Kim Sun-Wook
• Moon Jong-Bae
• Oh Myeong-Hoon
• Oh Byeong-Thaek
• Cho Jung-Hyun
• Kim Seong-Woon
• Kim Hag-Young
• Choi Ji-Hyeok

Classifications

• G06F2009/45583

  Memory management, e.g. access or allocation · CPC title

• G06F9/45558 Primary

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• G06F2009/45595

  Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances · CPC title

• G06F9/4451

  User profiles; Roaming · CPC title

• G06F9/452

  Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation (protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131) · CPC title