Patent ID: 11895184
Assignee: nan
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
receiving, by a client device, a list of one or more applications hosted in a general desktop environment of a peer device, wherein the list of the one or more applications hosted in the general desktop environment of the peer device includes a first instance of a first application executing in the general desktop environment, and the general desktop environment configured to enable the first instance to receive, via an input device of the peer device, user input from a local user and provide output, via an output device of the peer device, to the local user;
initiating, responsive to a selection of the first instance, remote access to the first instance of the first application by transferring the first instance from the general desktop environment to a background desktop environment of the peer device segregated from the general desktop environment, wherein, the background desktop environment redirects input and output of the first instance to the client device, and wherein input and output associated with other instances of the application in the general desktop environment are provided via the peer device; and
suppressing input and output associated with the instance of the application executing in the background desktop environment from and to the local user.