US 11,704,140 B2
Providing on-demand applications using layering
Christopher W. Midgley, Northborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Citrix Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed by CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/647,875.
Application 17/647,875 is a continuation of application No. 16/441,417, filed on Jun. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,226,837.
Prior Publication US 2022/0137991 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/452 (2018.02) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A virtual server comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
create a single composited layered image comprising an operating system layer and an application shortcut that includes a representation of an application while not including the application, with the application shortcut comprising a programs menu, file extension mapping and component object model (COM) objects representing the application,
provide the single composited layered image as a virtual session to a client computing device, and
mount an application layer to the single composited layered image in response to a user of the client computing device interacting with the application shortcut, with the application layer including the application.