Patent ID: 9535723
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: accepting, on a mobile device, a selection of a file for opening or editing or both, wherein the file is associated with a file type; identifying the file type associated with the file; constructing a request message that is indicative of the file type, capabilities of the mobile device, and one or more user credentials; sending the request message to a cloud server; receiving an address for a cloud image from the cloud server, wherein the cloud image is selected from a remote system of a plurality of remote systems based on the credentials and the capabilities of the mobile device, and, in response thereto, connecting to a remote processing environment, decoupled from the capabilities of the mobile device, in the selected cloud image; instantiating the selected cloud image on the mobile device; and keying off data on the mobile device, processing the cloud image, wherein a one-to-one match of data between the remote system and the mobile device is not required.