Patent ID: 8433757
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of centralized management of applications and desktop preferences, comprising: identifying a client device coupled to a server through a network through a binary module executing on the server in accordance with a request from a user of the client device for an application capable of being served through the server by the binary module emulating a set of function calls between the application and an operating system of the client device determined by the binary module; executing, in accordance with the request from the user of the client device, the application from the client device without downloading or installing the application on the client device or modifying an operating system of the client device through the binary module emulating a set of function calls between the application and the operating system of the client device; facilitating recreating a look and feel of a desktop preference of the user of the client device through a virtual desktop module of the server, capturing and storing the desktop preference to a user specific area of the server when the desktop preference is in use on the client device through a central policy management module coupled to the network, and presenting the look and feel of the desktop preference of the user through at least one of the client device and other devices of the network based on authenticating the user with the central policy management module; segmenting, through the binary module, an application space from a user profile space on the server; and selecting a same type of operating system of each of a plurality of client devices on the network coupled to the server to operate through the binary module.