Multi-user thin client

1. A computer-implemented method for multiple users simultaneously sharing a thin client computing device, the method comprising:

automatically grouping a plurality of input or output (I/O) devices locally connected to a thin client computing device into a plurality of I/O device groups based on an order of enumeration of the plurality of I/O devices, wherein a first I/O device group in the plurality of I/O device groups is associated with a first group of I/O devices locally connected to the thin client computing device, and wherein a second I/O device group in the plurality of I/O device groups is associated with a second group of I/O devices locally connected to the thin client computing device;

launching first and second instances of an application on a remote server;

associating the first instance of the application running on the remote server with the first I/O device group on the thin client computing device to allow a first user using the first I/O device group to create a first remote session with the remote server via the thin client computing device; and

associating the second instance of the application running on the remote server with the second I/O device group on the thin client computing device to allow a second user using the second I/O device group to create a second remote session with the remote server via the thin client computing device, the second remote session created simultaneously with the first remote session.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving input for creating the first remote session from the first user using the first instance of the application, wherein the first remote session is a connection with the remote server for communicating data between the remote server and the thin client computing device for the first user;

launching the first remote session based on the receiving of the input for creating the first remote session from the first user;

receiving input for creating the second remote session from the second user using the second instance of the application, wherein the second remote session is a connection with the remote server for communicating data between the remote server and the thin client computing device for the second user; and

launching the second remote session based on the receiving of the input for creating the second remote session from the second user.

3. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, the instructions executable by one or more processors to perform one or more operations, the instructions comprising:

code for causing the one or more processors to automatically group a plurality of input or output (I/O) devices locally connected to a thin client computing device into a plurality of I/O device groups based on an order of enumeration of the plurality of I/O devices, wherein a first I/O device group in the plurality of I/O device groups is associated with a first group of I/O devices locally connected to the thin client computing device, and wherein a second I/O device group in the plurality of I/O device groups is associated with a second group of I/O devices locally connected to the thin client computing device;

code for causing the one or more processors to launch first and second instances of an application on a remote server;

code for causing the one or more processors to associate the first instance of the application running on the remote server with the first I/O device group on the thin client computing device to allow a first user using the first I/O device group to create a first remote session with the remote server via the thin client computing device; and

code for causing the one or more processors to associate the second instance of the application running on the remote server with the second I/O device group on the thin client computing device to allow a second user using the second I/O device group to create a second remote session with the remote server via the thin client computing device, the second remote session created simultaneously with the first remote session.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , further comprising:

code for causing the one or more processors to launch an I/O data manager, wherein the I/O data manager directs input received from one or more devices in the first I/O device group to the first instance of the application and directs input received from one or more devices in the second I/O device group to the second instance of the application, and wherein the I/O data manager directs output received from the first instance of the application to one or more devices in the first I/O device group and directs output received from the second instance of the application to one or more devices in the second I/O device group.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the first instance of the application enables the first user of the first I/O device group and the second instance of the application enables the second user of the second I/O device group to simultaneously share the resources of the remote server via the thin client computing device.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of I/O device groups are retrieved from a storage on the thin client computing device.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein both the first I/O device group and the second I/O device group comprises a monitor and at least one of a pointing device and a keyboard each.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the first user logs onto the thin client computing device using a Windows system login.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the first user logs onto the thin client computing device using a Linux system login.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the application is a desktop shell application.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the application is a remote connection manager application.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the launching of the first and second instances of the application comprises launching, for each of the first and second instances of the application, a custom login screen for the application on an output device in the respective I/O device group.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3 , further comprising:

code for causing the one or more processors to receive input for creating the first remote session from the first user using the first instance of the application, wherein the first remote session is a connection with the remote server for communicating data between the remote server and the thin client computing device for the first user;

code for causing the one or more processors to launch the first remote session based on the receiving of the input for creating the first remote session from the first user;

code for causing the one or more processors to receive input for creating the second remote session from the second user using the second instance of the application, wherein the second remote session is a connection with the remote server for communicating data between the remote server and the thin client computing device for the second user; and

code for causing the one or more processors to launch the second remote session based on the receiving of the input for creating the second remote session from the second user.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the first remote session and the second remote session are RDP sessions.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the first remote session and the second remote session are ICA sessions.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the first remote session and the second remote session are VMView sessions.

17. An information handling system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor;

an admin module including instructions in the memory, the instructions executable by the processor, the instructions, when executed, configure the processor to:

automatically group a plurality of input or output (I/O) devices locally connected to a thin client computing device into a plurality of I/O device groups based on an order of enumeration of the plurality of I/O devices, wherein a first I/O device group in the plurality of I/O device groups is associated with a first group of I/O devices locally connected to the thin client computing device, and wherein a second I/O device group in the plurality of I/O device groups is associated with a second group of I/O devices locally connected to the thin client computing device;

launch first and second instances of an application on a remote server;

associate the first instance of the application running on the remote server with the first I/O device group on the thin client computing device to allow a first user using the first I/O device group to create a first remote session with the remote server via the thin client computing device; and

associate the second instance of the application running on the remote server with the second I/O device group on the thin client computing device to allow a second user using the second I/O device group to create a second remote session with the remote server via the thin client computing device, the second remote session created simultaneously with the first remote session.

18. The information handling system of claim 17 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed, further configure the admin module to:

receive input for creating the first remote session from the first user using the first instance of the application, wherein the first remote session is a connection with the remote server for communicating data between the remote server and the thin client computing device for the first user;

launch the first remote session based on the receiving of the input for creating the first remote session from the first user;

receive input for creating the second remote session from the second user using the second instance of the application, wherein the second remote session is a connection with the remote server for communicating data between the remote server and the thin client computing device for the second user; and

launch the second remote session based on the receiving of the input for creating the second remote session from the second user.