Automatically determining which remote applications a user or group is entitled to access based on entitlement specifications and providing remote application access to the remote applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8935429-B2
Application number	US-201113193471-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2011
Priority date	Dec 19, 2006
Publication date	Jan 13, 2015
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015

Abstract

Application Workspace System “AWS,” enables users to access remote server-based applications (e.g., thin client applications, terminal server applications, applications on hosted operating systems, etc.) using the same interface that they use to access local applications, without needing to know where the application is being accessed. The AWS automatically determines which applications the user is entitled to use, and then figures out automatically, based upon a variety of parameters, which applications are to be made available to the user (resolved to version, particular package etc.), and whether they are to be installed locally, or accessed remotely.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method executed on a computing device for dynamically determining and providing access to a plurality of remote applications that are remote from the computing device, comprising:
under control of the computing device,
receiving over a communications medium an identification of a user and/or a group to which the user belongs;
automatically causing the determining, based upon a set of entitlement specifications, a plurality of remote applications t…

Assignees

• Wilkinson Anthony J
• Benson Mark
• Crewe Robin
• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Wilkinson Anthony J
• Benson Mark
• Crewe Robin

Classifications

• G06F8/65

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F2209/549

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/468 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/10

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/04817

  Physics · mapped topic