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Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2012
Applicants:

Vijayaraghavan Soundararajan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Balaji Parimi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Raja Rao Dv, San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vijayaraghavan Soundararajan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Balaji Parimi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Raja Rao Dv, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2013.01); G06F 15/173 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique for remotely managing virtual machines employs a user interface (UI) of a rich e-mail client that is configured to interpret metadata included in a communication received from a management server for the virtual machines and, in response, generate one or more UI elements. The UI includes a first region that displays a message from the management server and a second region that displays the one or more UI elements for causing a command to be generated and sent to the management server in response to a predetermined input made thereon.


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