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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Xun Wilson Huang, Alameda, CA (US);
Shane Lowry, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rachit Siamwalla, Foster City, CA (US);
James M. Phillips, Los Altos, CA (US);
Xun Wilson Huang, Alameda, CA (US);
Shane Lowry, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rachit Siamwalla, Foster City, CA (US);
James M. Phillips, Los Altos, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Multiple virtual machine consoles run in a single user interface as an integrated unit. Multiple virtual machines are grouped into a logical configuration, and console of each virtual machine in the configuration is displayed a single user interface, such as a browser window. Users are provided with integrated access through the single user interface to the mouse, keyboard, screen and local resources for each displayed virtual machine console. The user can move the mouse cursor between consoles, and access each virtual machine with the mouse and keyboard. In short, the user can interact with each displayed virtual machine console as an integrated object of the single user interface. Cut-and paste of text and drag-and-drop of files and folders is provided between the multiple virtual machines.