Systems and methods for graphical user interface interaction with cloud-based applications

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory accessible to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to:

execute a virtualized application instance in a virtual computing environment, the virtualized application instance comprising a server-side graphical user interface (GUI) object;

receive from a remote client device first object data relating to a first set of user interactions received at a client-side GUI object at the remote client device, the client-side GUI object corresponding to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance, and the first set of user interactions comprising a gesture input compatible with the client-side GUI object, wherein the gesture input is not natively compatible with the virtualized application instance;

convert the gesture input to a set of input events that are compatible with the virtualized application instance;

provide second object data based on the first object data and the set of input events, the second object data relating to the server-side GUI object, and the second object data executing a command when applied to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance; and

synchronize the server-side GUI object with the client-side GUI object by applying the second object data to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance.

2. The system of claim 1 , the second object data comprising a second set of user interactions intended for the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance.

3. The system of claim 2 , the application of the second object data to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance comprising performing the second set of user interactions with respect to the client-side GUI object.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to:

capture context data for the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance, and to transmit the context data to the remote client device as third object data.

5. The system of claim 4 , the context data comprising information regarding a current graphical representation of the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance.

6. The system of claim 1 , the client-side GUI object or the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance being a text box, a dialog box, a button, a drop down box, a toolbar, a toolbar item, a menu, a menu item, a radio option, or a check box.

7. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory accessible to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to:

control a virtualized application instance operating in a virtual computing environment on a remote server;

receive from a remote client device a set of user interactions with respect to a client-side graphical user interface (GUI) object, the set of user interactions comprising a gesture input compatible with the client-side GUI object, and the client-side GUI object corresponding to a server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance, wherein the gesture input is not natively compatible with the virtualized application instance;

convert the gesture input to a set of input events that are compatible with the virtualized application instance;

provide first object data relating to the set of user interactions received with respect to the client-side GUI object;

synchronize the client-side GUI object with the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance based on second object data relating to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance, and the second object data being provided based on the first object data and the set of input events;

transmit to the remote server the first object data; and

receive from the remote server the second object data.

8. The system of claim 7 , the second object data comprising context data relating to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance.

9. The system of claim 7 , the synchronization of the client-side GUI object with the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance comprising:

updating a current graphical representation of the client-side GUI object according to a current graphical representation of the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance based on the second object data.

10. The system of claim 7 , the client-side GUI object or the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance being a text box, a dialog box, a button, a drop down box, a toolbar, a toolbar item, a menu, a menu item, a radio option, or a check box.

11. A method comprising:

executing a virtualized application instance based on a version of the application in a virtual computing environment;

receiving from a remote client device first object data relating to a first set of user interactions received at the remote client device with respect to a client-side graphical use interface (GUI) object at the remote client device, the first set of user interactions comprising a gesture input compatible with the client-side GUI object, and the client-side GUI object representing a server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance, wherein the gesture input is not natively compatible with the virtualized application instance;

converting the gesture input to a set of input events that are compatible with the virtualized application instance;

translating the first object data to second object data relating to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance, the second object data executing a command when applied to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance based on the set of input events; and

synchronizing the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance with the client-side GUI object by applying the second object data to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance.

12. The method of claim 11 , the second object data comprising a second set of user interactions with respect to the server-side GUI object.

13. The method of claim 12 , the application of the second object data to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance comprising:

performing the second set of user interactions with respect to the set of server-side GUI elements.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

capturing context data for the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance; and

transmitting the context data to the remote client device as third object data.

15. The method of claim 14 , the context data comprising information regarding a current graphical representation of the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance.

16. The method of claim 11 , the client-side GUI object being a text box, a dialog box, a button, a drop down box, a toolbar, a toolbar item, a menu, a menu item, a radio option, or a check box.

17. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory accessible to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to:

execute a virtualized application instance based on a version of the application in a virtual computing environment;

receive from the remote client device first object data relating to a first set of user interactions received at the remote client device with respect to a client-side graphical use interface (GUI) object at the remote client device, the first set of user interactions comprising a gesture input compatible with the client-side GUI object, and the client-side GUI object representing a server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance, wherein the gesture input is not natively compatible with the virtualized application instance;

convert the gesture input to a set of input events that are compatible with the virtualized application instance;

provide second object data based on the first object data and the set of input events, the second object data relating to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance, and the second object data executing a command when applied to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance; and

synchronize the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance with the client-side GUI object by applying the second object data to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance.

18. A method comprising:

presenting a virtualized application instance operating in a virtual computing environment on a remote server;

receiving from a remote client device a set of user interactions with respect to a client-side graphical user interface (GUI) object, the set of user interactions comprising a gesture input compatible with the client-side GUI object, and the client-side GUI object representing a server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance, wherein the gesture input is not natively compatible with the virtualized application instance;

converting the gesture input to a set of input events that are compatible with the virtualized application instance;

providing first object data relating to the set of user interactions received with respect to the client-side GUI object;

transmitting to the remote server the first object data;

receiving from the remote server the second object data; and

synchronizing the client-side GUI object with the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance based on second object data and the set of input events relating to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance.

19. The method of claim 18 , the second object data comprising context data relating to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance.

20. The method of claim 18 , the synchronization of the client-side GUI object with the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance comprising updating a current graphical representation of the client-side GUI object according to a current graphical representation of the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance based on the second object data.

21. The method of claim 18 , the client-side GUI object being a text box, a dialog box, a button, a drop down box, a toolbar, a toolbar item, a menu, a menu item, a radio option, or a check box.

22. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory accessible to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to:

present a virtualized application instance operating in a virtual computing environment on a remote server;

receive from a remote client device a set of user interactions with respect to a client-side graphical user interface (GUI) object, the set of user interaction comprising a gesture input compatible with the client-side GUI object, and the client-side GUI object representing a server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance, wherein the gesture input is not natively compatible with the virtualized application instance;

convert the gesture input to a set of input events that are compatible with the virtualized application instance;

provide first object data relating to the set of user interactions received with respect to the client-side GUI object;

transmit to the remote server the first object data;

receive from the remote server the second object data; and

synchronize the client-side GUI object with the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance based on second object data and the set of input events relating to the server-side GUI object of the virtualized application instance.