Patent ID: 9130899
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing a client Unified Communications (UC) application on a client endpoint device; receiving a hosted virtual desktop (HVD) display comprising a UC user interface from a hosted virtual desktop (HVD) host at the client UC application, the UC user interface comprising a host-provided user interface element including one or more host-provided controls for managing a UC call session and one or more placeholders, each placeholder for a client-provided user interface element including a video element placeholder; modifying the received HVD display by commanding a client operating system of the client endpoint device to insert the client-provided user interface element into each placeholder on the HVD display, prior to rendering the client-provided user interface element for display, to produce a modified HVD display; generating a client endpoint display by rendering the modified HVD display; establishing the UC call session between the client endpoint device and a remote endpoint device; and displaying the client endpoint display, which comprises the one or more host-provided controls and each client-provided user interface element to enable a user to manage the UC call session between the client endpoint device and the remote endpoint device using the UC user interface.