Patent ID: 8843646

Claim:
At a computer system including at least one processor and a memory, a computer-implemented method for instantiating a child session in parallel to an interactive login session, the method comprising: an act of receiving a first indication that an interactive login session is to be established, wherein the first indication includes user credentials for establishing the interactive login session; an act of establishing the interactive login session using the received user credentials, the interactive login session including a data transfer endpoint for receiving data from other sessions; an act of receiving a second indication that a child session is to be established in parallel to the established interactive login session, the child session being configured to direct input and output data through a loopback connection to the data transfer endpoint of the interactive login session; and an act of establishing the child session using the received user credentials, wherein the child session transfers at least a portion of data to the data transfer endpoint of the interactive login session using the loopback connection.