Patent ID: 8589481
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of deploying a software application to multiple users in a virtualized computing environment, the method comprising: instantiating a virtualized computing infrastructure that makes available, via a remote network connection, one or more user remote desktop operating environments to a plurality of users via a web-based user interface; providing, via the one or more user remote desktop operating environments, an indication of a single user application capable of accepting input from a single user; receiving, via the one or more user remote desktop operating environments, at least one request to access the single user application; for the at least one request, instantiating the single user application on the one or more user remote desktop operating environments and allowing the plurality of users to access one of the instantiated single user applications concurrently; and maintaining state data for the instantiated single user applications, wherein the state data allows the instantiated single user applications to resume in at least one subsequent session.