- Patent Title: Virtualizing device management services on a multi-session platform
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Application No.: US17209580Application Date: 2021-03-23
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Publication No.: US11622010B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Sandeep Kumar , Terry N. Treder
- Applicant: Citrix Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Fort Lauderdale
- Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Fort Lauderdale
- Main IPC: G06F9/455
- IPC: G06F9/455 ; H04L67/14 ; G06F9/54

Abstract:
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses may provide virtualization of device management services (e.g., device drivers) dedicated managing a particular device and designed under for or under the assumption the particular device and the device management service will be utilized in a single session/user environment, so that virtual instances of the device management services may be used in a multi-session environment. Further, a redirection and/or virtualization layer may be created for each session in the multi-session environment to perform global database redirection, object name translation, and file system translation to ensure session boundaries are maintained and global/shared resources are not inappropriately altered by a session. As an example, the redirection/virtualization layer may redirect communications associated with a session and for a global resource to access a virtual instance of the resource specific to the session.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210211505A1 Virtualizing Device Management Services on a Multi-Session Platform Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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