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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2007
Makarand V. Patwardhan, Redmond, WA (US);
Vladimir K. Stoyanov, Redmond, WA (US);
Gaurav Daga, Redmond, WA (US);
Makarand V. Patwardhan, Redmond, WA (US);
Vladimir K. Stoyanov, Redmond, WA (US);
Gaurav Daga, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
User interface ('UI') redirection for a local device, such as a printer that is operatively coupled to a client, is provided by an arrangement in which a dummy driver is installed on the terminal server. When an application on the terminal server makes a call to show a UI, the dummy driver redirects the call to a process operating on the client that exposes the specific UI associated with the local device. User input to the UI indicative of preferences and/or other user-selected parameters is recorded and passed to the terminal server through the dummy driver and reported to the calling application. In an illustrative example, the terminal server and client communicate over a virtual channel using a remote desktop protocol in order to redirect print jobs to a local printer that is coupled to the client either directly or over a network such as a local area network.