Integrated User Interface for Unified Communications Applications

摘要

Techniques are provided for establishing a Unified Communications (UC) session between a client endpoint device and remote endpoint devices, the client endpoint device managing the session using a first-party call control protocol in response to commands from a third-party control protocol and user input. A hosted virtual desktop (HVD) generates an HVD image and communicates it to the client endpoint device for display, via a virtual desktop interface (VDI) protocol. The HVD image comprises a UC user interface generated by a UC application on the HVD, the user interface comprising at least one user interface element and at least one placeholder where a client-provided user interface element may be inserted. A client UC application receives the HVD image and inserts client-provided user interface elements over the placeholders before sending the integrated image to a client operating system to be rendered on the display of client endpoint device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
establishing a host Unified Communications (UC) application on a host device; generating a hosted virtual desktop (HVD) display comprising a UC user interface generated by the host UC application, the UC user interface comprising a host-provided user interface element including one or more host-provided controls for managing a UC call session and one or more placeholders where a client-provided user interface element may be rendered, the placeholders including a video element placeholder; and sending the HVD display including the one or more host-provided controls and each placeholder to a client endpoint device using a Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI) connection.