Patent ID: 8856907
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a document sharing service in combination with remote access to document applications, the method comprising: receiving, by a gateway service, an access request from a client device; prompting, by the gateway service, the client device, for credentials; authenticating, by the gateway service, the client device using the credentials; responsive to a successful authentication, initially selecting a host computer from a plurality of host computers; encrypting, by the gateway service, the credentials using a public key associated with the selected host computer; transmitting, by the gateway service, the encrypted credentials to the host computer; decrypting, by the host computer, the encrypted credentials; authenticating, by the host computer, the client device using the decrypted credentials; responsive to a successful authentication, starting, by the host computer, a document sharing service session for the client device; providing, by a document sharing service, access to a plurality of other host computers hosting resources capable of processing a document, wherein processing the document includes editing capabilities; receiving, by the document sharing service, a request from the client device, to view a document, wherein the client device lacks the necessary resources to process the document; automatically determining, by the document sharing service, which of the other host computers hosts a resource that is capable of processing the type of document received in the client device's request based on an access control table stored in memory that maps resources hosted by each of the plurality of host computers; and selecting, by the document sharing service, the determined other host computer to process the client device's request; moving the documents to the selected other host computer; and causing the selected other host computer to process the client device's request with the client device.