Patent ID: 8612614

Claim:
A method for establishing a dedicated session for a member of a common frame buffer group, the method comprising the steps of: (a) transmitting, by a server agent, via at least one frame buffer channel, a first frame buffer update of frame buffer updates to each of a plurality of associated clients of a common frame buffer group receiving the frame buffer updates from a shared application executing on the server; (b) detecting an event representative of a user interaction via one of a click or keyword input to the shared application and generated by one of the plurality of associated clients, wherein the event triggers generation of a second frame buffer update; (c) removing, by the server agent responsive to detection of the event, the one of the plurality of associated clients from the plurality of associated clients of the common frame buffer group receiving frame buffer updates from the at least one frame buffer by resetting an attribute of the one of the plurality of associated clients to block the one of the plurality of associated clients from receiving frame buffer updates transmitted to the common frame buffer group via the at least one frame buffer channel; (d) establishing, by the server agent responsive to detection of the event, a new second frame buffer channel between the removed one of the plurality of associated clients and the server agent by addressing one of a unique internet protocol (IP) address or device identifier of the removed one of the plurality of associated clients, the second frame buffer channel providing a dedicated session between the removed one of the plurality of associated clients and the shared application; and (e) transmitting, by the server agent, to the removed one of the plurality of associated clients, via the second frame buffer channel, the second frame buffer update that provides an update from the shared application to only the one of the plurality of associated clients based on the user interaction of the one of the plurality of associated clients.