Methods and systems for a remote desktop session utilizing HTTP header

1. A method for a remote desktop session between a web browser of a client device and a remote machine through a web server, utilizing hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) headers for remote desktop session drawing, the method comprising:

receiving, at the web server, a request from the web browser of the client device, the request being either a long polling drawing request or an input request;

handling, at the web server, the request, where a long polling drawing request is handled as an asynchronous request and an input request is handled as a synchronous request;

receiving, at the web server, a remote desktop drawing command from the remote machine, the remote desktop drawing command based on the image of a remote desktop of the remote machine;

translating, at the web server, the remote desktop drawing command into a display image and drawing coordinates for the display image;

placing, at the web server, the drawing coordinates into an HTTP response header; and

in response to the request, providing the display image and the drawing coordinates together to the web browser in a single HTTP response, wherein the single HTTP response comprises the HTTP response header.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the web server comprises a windows web server, and wherein the translating comprises:

translating the remote desktop drawing command into a windows graphics drawing command;

updating a portion of a memory bitmap in response to the windows graphics drawing command;

generating coordinates for the updated portion of the memory bitmap from the windows graphics drawing command;

generating the display image compatible with the web browser based on the memory bitmap; and

obtaining the drawing coordinates for the display image based on the coordinates for the memory bitmap,

wherein the display image and the drawing coordinates represent a portion of an image of the remote desktop.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the web server is an intermediary between the remote machine and the client device, and wherein the web server is physically separate from the remote machine.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote desktop drawing command comprises coordinates of a region of the remote desktop that has changed relative to a previous remote desktop drawing command, wherein the coordinates specify a redrawing region, and wherein the display image and the drawing coordinates are compatible with windows graphic protocol and HTML5.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display image comprises at least one of a scaled image of the remote desktop or a display image comprising an offset image of the remote desktop.

6. A method for a remote desktop session between a web browser of a client device and a remote machine through a web server, utilizing asynchronous handling of requests to reduce traffic to the client device, the method comprising:

receiving, at the web server, a request from the web browser of the client device, the request being either a long polling drawing request or an input request;

handling, at the web server, the request, where a long polling drawing request is handled as an asynchronous request and an input request is handled as a synchronous request;

receiving, at the web server, a remote desktop drawing command from the remote machine;

translating, at the web server, the remote desktop drawing command into a web browser drawing update; and

providing the web browser drawing update from the web server to the web browser of the client device, as a response to the request from the web browser,

wherein the web server comprises a windows web server and the web browser is a windows web browser.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the handling of an asynchronous request comprises:

determining whether a drawing command is pending at the web server for the web browser;

in response to determining that no drawing command is pending, storing the request in a drawing requests queue as asynchronous requests; and

in response to determining that a drawing command is pending, providing the request to an HTTP handler module in the web server.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the providing the web browser drawing update comprises:

placing, at the HTTP handler module, the drawing coordinates into an HTTP header of a single HTTP transmission response to the web browser;

including, at the HTTP handler module, the image file into the single HTTP transmission response to the web browser; and

sending a notification to the drawing requests queue to allow at least one of the requests in the drawing requests queue to be forwarded to the HTTP handler module.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the remote desktop drawing command represents a portion of an image of a remote desktop of the remote machine, wherein the translating comprises:

translating the remote desktop drawing command into a windows graphics drawing command;

updating a portion of a memory bitmap of the image of the remote desktop in response to the windows graphics drawing command;

generating coordinates of the updated portion of the memory bitmap based on the windows graphics drawing command;

generating an image file based on the updated portion of the memory bitmap; and

obtaining drawing coordinates for the image file based on the coordinates of the updated portion of the memory bitmap,

wherein the web browser drawing update comprises the image file and the drawing coordinates.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving a connection request from the web browser to connect to the remote machine;

providing a client script code to the web browser in response to the connection request to connect to the remote machine; and

deleting the client script code from the web browser when the remote desktop session is terminated,

wherein the receiving the request comprises receiving the request from the client script code,

wherein the providing the web browser drawing update comprises providing the web browser drawing update to the client script code.

11. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving, at the web server, a user input request from the web browser for accessing or controlling a remote desktop of the remote machine,

translating, at the web server, the user input request into an input command;

providing the input command to the remote machine,

wherein the receiving the remote desktop drawing command comprises receiving the remote desktop drawing command in response to the input command.

12. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, the instructions, when executed, causing one or more processors to:

receive, at a web server, a request from a web browser of the client device, the request being either a long polling drawing request or an input request;

handle, at the web server, the request, where a long polling drawing request is handled as an asynchronous request and an input request is handled as a synchronous request;

receive, at the web server, a remote desktop drawing command from a remote machine, the remote desktop drawing command based on the image of a remote desktop of the remote machine;

translate, at the web server, the remote desktop drawing command into a display image and drawing coordinates for the display image;

place, at the web server, the drawing coordinates into an HTTP response header; and

in response to the request, provide the display image and the drawing coordinates together to the web browser in a single HTTP response, wherein the single HTTP response comprises the HTTP response header.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the web server comprises a windows web server, and wherein the translating comprises:

translating the remote desktop drawing command into a windows graphics drawing command;

updating a portion of a memory bitmap in response to the windows graphics drawing command;

generating coordinates for the updated portion of the memory bitmap from the windows graphics drawing command;

generating the display image compatible with the web browser based on the memory bitmap; and

obtaining the drawing coordinates for the display image based on the coordinates for the memory bitmap,

wherein the display image and the drawing coordinates represent a portion of an image of the remote desktop.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the web server is an intermediary between the remote machine and the client device, and wherein the web server is physically separate from the remote machine.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the remote desktop drawing command comprises coordinates of a region of the remote desktop that has changed relative to a previous remote desktop drawing command, wherein the coordinates specify a redrawing region, and wherein the display image and the drawing coordinates are compatible with windows graphic protocol and HTML5.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the display image comprises at least one of a scaled image of the remote desktop or a display image comprising an offset image of the remote desktop.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, the instructions, when executed, causing one or more processors to:

receive, at a web server, a request from a web browser of the client device, the request being either a long polling drawing request or an input request;

handle, at the web server, the request, where a long polling drawing request is handled as an asynchronous request and an input request is handled as a synchronous request;

receive, at the web server, a remote desktop drawing command from a remote machine;

translate, at the web server, the remote desktop drawing command into a web browser drawing update; and

provide the web browser drawing update from the web server to the web browser of the client device, as a response to the request from the web browser,

wherein the web server comprises a windows web server and the web browser is a windows web browser.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the handling of an asynchronous request comprises:

determining whether a drawing command is pending at the web server for the web browser;

in response to determining that no drawing command is pending, storing the request in a drawing requests queue as asynchronous requests; and

in response to determining that a drawing command is pending, providing the request to an HTTP handler module in the web server.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the providing the web browser drawing update comprises:

placing, at the HTTP handler module, the drawing coordinates into an HTTP header of a single HTTP transmission response to the web browser;

including, at the HTTP handler module, the image file into the single HTTP transmission response to the web browser; and

sending a notification to the drawing requests queue to allow at least one of the requests in the drawing requests queue to be forwarded to the HTTP handler module.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the remote desktop drawing command represents a portion of an image of a remote desktop of the remote machine,

wherein the translating comprises:

translating the remote desktop drawing command into a windows graphics drawing command;

updating a portion of a memory bitmap of the image of the remote desktop in response to the windows graphics drawing command;

generating coordinates of the updated portion of the memory bitmap based on the windows graphics drawing command;

generating an image file based on the updated portion of the memory bitmap; and

obtaining drawing coordinates for the image file based on the coordinates of the updated portion of the memory bitmap,

wherein the web browser drawing update comprises the image file and the drawing coordinates.

21. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , the instructions, when executed, further causing the one or more processors to:

receive a connection request from the web browser to connect to the remote machine;

provide a client script code to the web browser in response to the connection request to connect to the remote machine; and

delete the client script code from the web browser when the remote desktop session is terminated,

wherein the receiving the request comprises receiving the request from the client script code,

wherein the providing the web browser drawing update comprises providing the web browser drawing update to the client script code.

22. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , the instructions, when executed, further causing the one or more processors to:

receive, at the web server, a user input request from the web browser for accessing or controlling a remote desktop of the remote machine,

translate, at the web server, the user input request into an input command;

provide the input command to the remote machine,

wherein the receiving the remote desktop drawing command comprises receiving the remote desktop drawing command in response to the input command.

23. A web server comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors; and

instructions stored within the memory, the instructions, when executed, causing the one or more processors to:

receive, at the web server, a request from a web browser of the client device, the request being either a long polling drawing request or an input request;

handle, at the web server, the request, where a long polling drawing request is handled as an asynchronous request and an input request is handled as a synchronous request;

receive, at the web server, a remote desktop drawing command from a remote machine, the remote desktop drawing command based on the image of a remote desktop of the remote machine;

translate, at the web server, the remote desktop drawing command into a display image and drawing coordinates for the display image;

place, at the web server, the drawing coordinates into an HTTP response header; and

in response to the request, provide the display image and the drawing coordinates together to the web browser in a single HTTP response, wherein the single HTTP response comprises the HTTP response header.

24. The web server of claim 23 , wherein the translating comprises:

translating the remote desktop drawing command into a windows graphics drawing command;

updating a portion of a memory bitmap in response to the windows graphics drawing command;

generating coordinates for the updated portion of the memory bitmap from the windows graphics drawing command;

generating the display image compatible with the web browser based on the memory bitmap; and

obtaining the drawing coordinates for the display image based on the coordinates for the memory bitmap,

wherein the display image and the drawing coordinates represent a portion of an image of the remote desktop.

25. The web server of claim 23 , wherein the web server is an intermediary between the remote machine and the client device, and wherein the web server is physically separate from the remote machine.

26. The web server of claim 23 , wherein the remote desktop drawing command comprises coordinates of a region of the remote desktop that has changed relative to a previous remote desktop drawing command, wherein the coordinates specify a redrawing region, and wherein the display image and the drawing coordinates are compatible with windows graphic protocol and HTML5.

27. The web server of claim 23 , wherein the display image comprises at least one of a scaled image of the remote desktop or a display image comprising an offset image of the remote desktop.

28. A web server comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors; and

instructions stored within the memory, the instructions, when executed, causing the one or more processors to:

receive, at the web server, a request from a web browser of the client device, the request being either a long polling drawing request or an input request;

handle, at the web server, the request, where a long polling drawing request is handled as an asynchronous request and an input request is handled as a synchronous request;

receive, at the web server, a remote desktop drawing command from a remote machine;

translate, at the web server, the remote desktop drawing command into a web browser drawing update; and

provide the web browser drawing update from the web server to the web browser of the client device, as a response to the request from the web browser,

wherein the web server comprises a windows web server and the web browser is a windows web browser.

29. The web server of claim 28 , wherein the handling of an asynchronous request comprises:

determining whether a drawing command is pending at the web server for the web browser;

in response to determining that no drawing command is pending, storing the request in a drawing requests queue as asynchronous requests; and

in response to determining that a drawing command is pending, providing the request to an HTTP handler module in the web server.

30. The web server of claim 28 , wherein the providing the web browser drawing update comprises:

placing, at the HTTP handler module, the drawing coordinates into an HTTP header of a single HTTP transmission response to the web browser;

including, at the HTTP handler module, the image file into the single HTTP transmission response to the web browser; and

sending a notification to the drawing requests queue to allow at least one of the requests in the drawing requests queue to be forwarded to the HTTP handler module.

31. The web server of claim 28 , wherein the remote desktop drawing command represents a portion of an image of a remote desktop of the remote machine,

wherein the translating comprises:

translating the remote desktop drawing command into a windows graphics drawing command;

updating a portion of a memory bitmap of the image of the remote desktop in response to the windows graphics drawing command;

generating coordinates of the updated portion of the memory bitmap based on the windows graphics drawing command;

generating an image file based on the updated portion of the memory bitmap; and

obtaining drawing coordinates for the image file based on the coordinates of the updated portion of the memory bitmap,

wherein the web browser drawing update comprises the image file and the drawing coordinates.

32. The web server of claim 28 , the instructions, when executed, further causing the one or more processors to:

receive a connection request from the web browser to connect to the remote machine;

provide a client script code to the web browser in response to the connection request to connect to the remote machine; and

delete the client script code from the web browser when the remote desktop session is terminated,

wherein the receiving the request comprises receiving the request from the client script code,

wherein the providing the web browser drawing update comprises providing the web browser drawing update to the client script code.

33. The web server of claim 28 , the instructions, when executed, further causing the one or more processors to:

receive, at the web server, a user input request from the web browser for accessing or controlling a remote desktop of the remote machine,

translate, at the web server, the user input request into an input command;

provide the input command to the remote machine,

wherein the receiving the remote desktop drawing command comprises receiving the remote desktop drawing command in response to the input command.