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Granted Patent B2
US 9,354,764 · App. 13/743,227 · Granted May 31, 2016

Playback of flash content at a client by redirecting execution of a script by a flash redirection plugin at a server to a flash redirection browser at the client

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Patent No.
US 9,354,764
App. No.
13/743,227
Granted
May 31, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes, at a server, loading in a browser a webpage including flash content. The browser loads a flash redirection plugin, and requests the plugin to execute an ActionScript. The plugin passes the ActionScript to a flash redirection browser at a client. The plugin receives from the flash redirection browser the result of executing the ActionScript, and the result is provided to the browser.

Claims (46)

1. A method at a server comprising:

loading a redirection module, wherein the redirection module comprises a flash redirection proxy plugin to support functionality of a flash player at a client;

loading in a browser a webpage comprising flash content;

in the browser, loading the flash redirection proxy plugin, wherein the flash redirection proxy plugin redirects one or more flash parameters from the browser to the flash player;

by the flash redirection proxy plugin, sending a request to a flash redirection proxy browser at the client to load the flash player at the client;

by the browser, requesting the flash redirection proxy plugin to execute an ActionScript;

by the flash redirection proxy plugin, passing the ActionScript to the flash redirection proxy browser at the client;

receiving by the flash redirection proxy plugin from the flash redirection proxy browser a result of executing the ActionScript; and

providing, by the flash redirection proxy plugin, the result to the browser.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining based, at least in part, on a stored state of one or more of the browser, a flash virtualization module, the redirection module, and a network module if the flash content is currently being redirected.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the client is remote from the server.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the flash content comprises a plurality of flash content items of the webpage.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the flash content interacts with the ActionScript.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

fetching the one or more flash parameters from the flash content via the redirection module, wherein the one or more flash parameters comprise one or more of a uniform resource locator, a size, and dimensions.

7. A method comprising:

receiving at a flash redirection proxy browser of a client a request from a server to load a flash player at the client;

by the flash player, requesting the flash redirection proxy browser to execute a JavaScript;

by the flash redirection proxy browser, passing the JavaScript to a flash redirection proxy plugin at the server;

receiving by the flash redirection proxy browser from the flash redirection proxy plugin a result of executing the JavaScript;

providing the result to the flash player; and

rendering locally at the client received flash content, wherein the result comprises the flash content.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the flash content is received during a remote desktop protocol session.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the flash content comprises a plurality of flash content items of the webpage.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the flash content interacts with the JavaScript.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the server is remote from the client.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the flash player receives the flash content via a tunnel connection.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein a flash redirection client module instantiates the flash player.

14. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of a server embodying software that, when executed:

loads a redirection module, wherein the redirection module comprises a flash content redirection proxy plugin to support functionality of a flash player at a client;

loads in a browser a webpage comprising the flash content;

loads the flash redirection proxy plugin, wherein the flash redirection proxy plugin redirects one or more flash parameters from the browser to the flash player;

sends a request to a flash redirection proxy browser at the client by the flash redirection proxy plugin to load the flash player at the client;

requests by the browser to the flash redirection proxy plugin to execute an ActionScript;

passes the ActionScript by the flash redirection proxy plugin to the flash redirection proxy browser at the client;

receives by the flash redirection proxy plugin from the flash redirection proxy browser a result of executing the ActionScript; and

provides the result to the browser.

15. The media of claim 14 , wherein the software further when executed:

determines based, at least in part, on a stored state of one or more of the browser, a flash virtualization module, the redirection module, and a network module if the flash content is currently being redirected.

16. The media of claim 14 , wherein the server is remote from the client.

17. The media of claim 14 , wherein the flash content comprises a plurality of flash content items of the webpage.

18. The media of claim 14 , wherein the flash content interacts with the ActionScript.

19. The media of claim 14 , wherein the software further when executed:

fetches the one or more flash parameters from the flash content via the redirection module, wherein the one or more flash parameters comprise one or more of a uniform resource locator, a size, and dimensions.

20. The media of claim 14 , wherein the result is sent to the flash redirection proxy browser during a remote desktop protocol session.

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