Patent ID: 9537958
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for enabling a feature provided by a first presentation layer protocol, within a session established according to a second presentation layer protocol, the method comprising: forwarding, by an operating system executing on a first machine, a query to a metrics acquisition interface to identify that the first machine established a session with a second machine according to a first presentation layer protocol; receiving, by the operating system, an indication that the first machine established a session with the second machine according to a second presentation layer protocol; identifying, based on a type of function that generated the query, that the first machine established the session with the second machine according to the first presentation layer protocol; and enabling, by the operating system responsive to identifying that the first machine established the session according to the first presentation layer protocol, the type of function provided via the second presentation layer protocol provided for use on the first machine in the session established according to the first presentation layer protocol.