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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2022
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhongzheng Tu, Beijing, CN;
Weigang Huang, Beijing, CN;
Huiyong Huo, Beijing, CN;
Mingsheng Zang, Beijing, CN;
Yueting Zhang, Beijing, CN;
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A scanner redirection method for a remote desktop system that includes a client computing device and a host server, includes the steps of: acquiring properties of a physical scanner from a data source; generating a user interface (UI) for the acquired properties of the physical scanner; in response to a first user selection made on the UI, transmitting a request to the physical scanner to update a scanner property that is one of the acquired properties of the physical scanner; and in response to a second user selection made on the UI, receiving from an application running on the host server, a request for a scanned image, transmitting to the data source a request to acquire the scanned image from the physical scanner, and upon receiving the scanned image from the data source, transmitting the scanned image to the application.