Patent ID: 7949677
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing authorized remote access to resources on desktop computing environments provided by virtual machines, the method comprising: (a) receiving, by a policy engine, a first request for access to a resource from a user at a first client machine; (b) directing, by the policy engine, a first collection agent to gather information about the first client machine; (c) granting, by the policy engine, the first client machine a first level of access to the resource responsive to application of a policy to the information about the first client machine, the first level chosen from a plurality of levels of access; (d) identifying, by a broker machine, a first desktop computing environment already associated with the user, (e) establishing, by the broker machine responsive to the first granted level of access, a connection between the first client machine and the first desktop computing environment; (f) receiving, by the policy engine, a second request for access to the resource from the user at a second client machine; (g) directing, by the policy engine, a second collection agent to gather information about the second client machine; (h) granting, by the policy engine, the second client machine a second level of access to the resource responsive to application of a policy to the information about the second client machine, the second level chosen from the plurality of levels of access; (i) identifying, by the broker machine, a second desktop computing environment already associated with the user, (j) establishing, by the broker machine responsive to the second granted level of access a connection between the second client machine and the second desktop computing environment.