Virtual Desktop Infrastructure IP Metadata Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional virtual desktop infrastructure solutions are proprietary, difficult to manage, and limited to small networks or geographical areas, requiring dedicated equipment for expansion.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a modified Internet Protocol (IP) to provide access to applications across networks, capturing and transmitting video and input/output data as metadata, enabling remote user interaction and forensic analysis, while allowing arbitration for I/O device control and supporting scalable network transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional proprietary VDI solutions are used, then application delivery is achieved, but device complexity and management difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by using standard IP protocol for VDI transmission, allowing the same infrastructure to serve multiple purposes (VDI delivery, video streaming, data transmission) rather than requiring proprietary dedicated systems. This reduces device complexity while maintaining operational capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent captures and records VDI sessions by creating metadata copies of user interactions and display frames. This copying approach enables forensic analysis and session replay without requiring complex real-time monitoring systems, simplifying management while preserving operational details.
2Area of stationary object
If conventional VDI solutions are used, then local network coverage is achieved, but network coverage area is limited
Solution Approach 1:
By using standard IP protocol instead of proprietary protocols, the system can leverage existing global network infrastructure. This eliminates the need for dedicated conversion and transmission equipment, allowing VDI access across wide geographical areas using ordinary network hardware.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical/dedicated hardware systems with software-based IP protocol processing. This substitution enables the system to utilize existing network infrastructure rather than requiring specialized equipment, expanding coverage area without proportionally increasing device complexity.
3Measurement precision
If VDI sessions are recorded for forensic analysis, then analysis capability is improved, but data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only essential interaction data (metadata about user inputs, timestamps, and frame references) rather than recording complete high-definition video streams. This extraction approach provides sufficient forensic analysis capability while significantly reducing the quantity of stored data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary processing by capturing interaction metadata at the source during session execution. This preliminary action organizes data in a forensically useful format from the beginning, reducing the need for extensive post-processing and minimizing storage requirements compared to recording complete video streams.
Data Source
AI summary
Performing an operation comprising providing, by a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) client, access to an application executing on a host system to a first client system via a network, receiving, from the first client system, at least one internet protocol (IP) packet specifying attributes of an input provided by an input/output (I/O) device of the client system, receiving a timestamp from a time source, and storing the attributes of the input and the timestamp as metadata of a first image corresponding to a first frame of a video output of the application.