Remote access from mobile devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9716744-B2
Application number	US-201113282472-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2011
Priority date	Oct 27, 2011
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

In one embodiment, a mobile device 102 may execute a mobile client 104 to access a remote client 108 on a remote computer device 110 . A mobile client 104 may connect to a data network 106 . The mobile client 104 may establish a peer-to-peer connection with a remote client 108 executing on a remote computer device 110 over the data network 106.

First claim

We claim:

1. A machine-implemented method, comprising:
sending a peer-to-peer connection query from a mobile client executing on a mobile device specifying a remote client executing on a remote computer device;
receiving in the mobile client connection data for the remote client from a remote access server;
establishing a peer-to-peer connection between the mobile client and the remote client over a data network with the mobile client and the remote client having an equal status and privilege in the peer-to-peer connection;
executing at least one of a delete action, a move action, and a remote copy action on the remote computer device by the mobile device over the peer-to-peer connection;
creating a mobile copy of a remote file on the remote computer device resized based on a mobile device specification for the mobile device;
synchronizing the remote file on the remote computer device with the mobile copy; and
performing a conflict resolution action between the remote file and the mobile copy.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
executing an edit action on the remote file of the remote computer device using the mobile client.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
streaming a remote sequential media file on the remote computer device to the mobile client.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending the mobile device specification from the mobile device to the remote client.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
executing a create action on the remote file of the remote computer device using the mobile client.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
creating a synchronization schedule between the mobile client and the remote client.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
creating a mobile file on the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the peer-to-peer connection query is wrapped in peer-to-peer connection data.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
factoring a user input into the conflict resolution action.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
pushing a mobile file to the remote client.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
authenticating the mobile client to the remote client.

12. A tangible machine-readable storage device having a set of instructions detailing a method stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform the method, the method comprising:
receiving in a remote client on a remote computer device a peer-to-peer connection query specifying the remote client from a remote access server on behalf of a mobile client executing on a mobile device;
establishing a peer-to-peer connection between the remote client and the mobile client over a data network with the mobile client and the remote client having an equal status and privilege in the peer-to-peer connection;
executing at least one of a delete action, a move action, and a remote copy action on a mobile file on the mobile device by the remote computer device over the peer-to-peer connection;
determining a mobile device specification for the mobile device;
creating a mobile copy of a remote file on the remote client for presentation by the mobile client;
resizing the mobile copy based on the mobile device specification;
synchronizing the remote file on the remote computer device with the mobile copy; and
performing a conflict resolution action between the remote file and the mobile copy.

13. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending the mobile copy to the mobile device for presentation by the mobile client.

14. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving the mobile device specification from the mobile device.

15. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining a permission level for the mobile device.

16. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving the mobile file from the mobile client.

17. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving from the mobile client a designation of other devices as permitted access to the remote client.

18. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
authenticating the mobile client for the remote client.

19. A mobile device, comprising:
memory configured to store a mobile client;
a processor configured to execute the mobile client to:
send, via a network interface a peer-to-peer connection query specifying a remote client executing on a remote computer device;
receive connection data for the remote client from a remote access server;
establish a peer-to-peer connection with the remote client over a data network with the mobile client and the remote client having an equal status and privilege in the peer-to-peer connection;
execute at least one of a delete action, a move action, and a remote copy action on the remote computer device over the peer-to-peer connection;
create a mobile copy of a remote file on the remote computer device resized based on a mobile device specification for the mobile device;
synchronizing the remote file on the remote computer device with the mobile copy; and
performing a conflict resolution action between the remote file and the mobile copy.

20. The mobile device of claim 19 , wherein the network interface is further configured to send the mobile device specification from the mobile device to the remote client.

Assignees

• Zhu Rui
• Kazan Wissam
• Zhao Keping
• Thomas Michael
• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Zhu Rui
• Kazan Wissam
• Zhao Keping
• Thomas Michael

Classifications

• G06F16/178

  Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems · CPC title

• H04L67/1095

  Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes · CPC title

• H04L67/04

  specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability · CPC title

• H04L67/06 Primary

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title

• G06F17/30174

  Physics · mapped topic