VIRTUAL DESKTOP AFFINITY FOR SEAMLESS REMOTE DESKTOP WINDOWS

1 . A method of displaying windows in a remote desktop system, comprising:

obtaining, by a remote desktop client executing on a local computer having a local operating system (OS), information relating a first window to a first virtual desktop generated by the local OS;

sending the information from the remote desktop client to a remote desktop server;

setting, by the remote desktop server, a tag in a remote window object representing a remote window that corresponds to the first window based on the information, the remote window generated by a remote OS on a remote computer;

receiving, at the remote desktop client, at least a portion of the remote window object including the tag; and

displaying, by the remote desktop client in cooperation with the local OS based on the tag, the first window on the first virtual desktop.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first window comprises a seamless window that displays contents of the remote window.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises a value that identifies the first virtual desktop.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the remote desktop server sets the tag to the value that identifies the first virtual desktop.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote desktop stores the information and sets the tag to a pointer to the information as stored.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first virtual desktop comprises a desktop generated by the local OS.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first virtual desktop comprises a region of a desktop generated by the local OS.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote desktop client performs the steps of obtaining and sending in a remote desktop session, and wherein the remote desktop client performs the steps of receiving and displaying in response to reconnection of the remote desktop session.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, by the remote desktop server in cooperation with the remote OS based on the tag, a second window on a second virtual desktop generated by the remote OS; and

displaying, by the remote desktop client, at least a portion of the second virtual desktop in a console session between the remote desktop client and the remote desktop server.

10 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions to be executed in a computing device to cause the computing device to carry out a method of displaying windows in a remote desktop system, comprising:

obtaining, by a remote desktop client executing on a local computer having a local operating system (OS), information relating a first window to a first virtual desktop generated by the local OS;

sending the information from the remote desktop client to a remote desktop server;

setting, by the remote desktop server, a tag in a remote window object representing a remote window that corresponds to the first window based on the information, the remote window generated by a remote OS on a remote computer;

receiving, at the remote desktop client, at least a portion of the remote window object including the tag; and

displaying, by the remote desktop client in cooperation with the local OS based on the tag, the first window on the first virtual desktop.

11 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first window comprises a seamless window that displays contents of the remote window.

12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the information comprises a value that identifies the first virtual desktop.

13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the remote desktop server sets the tag to the value that identifies the first virtual desktop.

14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the remote desktop stores the information and sets the tag to a pointer to the information as stored.

15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first virtual desktop comprises a desktop generated by the local OS.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first virtual desktop comprises a region of a desktop generated by the local OS.

17 . A computing system, comprising:

a local computer executing a local operating system (OS) that generates a local desktop, the local desktop comprising a first virtual desktop;

a remote desktop client executing on the local computer and configure to:

obtain information relating a first window to the first virtual desktop;

send the information to a remote desktop server, the remote desktop server setting a tag in a remote window object representing a remote window that corresponds to the first window based on the information, the remote window generated by a remote OS on a remote computer;

receive at least a portion of the remote window object including the tag; and

display, in cooperation with the local OS based on the tag, the first window on the first virtual desktop.

18 . The computing system of claim 17 , wherein the first window comprises a seamless window that displays contents of the remote window.

19 . The computing system of claim 17 , wherein the information comprises a value that identifies the first virtual desktop and wherein the remote desktop server sets the tag to the value that identifies the first virtual desktop.

20 . The computing system of claim 17 , wherein the remote desktop stores the information and sets the tag to a pointer to the information as stored.