Thin client

Abstract: Libraries face increasing challenges as well as opportunities, when they add electronic information resources to their services Examples of such challenges are client/server (C/S) databases, for which libraries must assume significant and ongoing local administrative/maintenance responsibilities, and CD‐ROM‐based resources, which can impose severe access limitations In the Purdue University Libraries, the implementation of a Windows Terminal Server (WTS) thin client system has dramatically reduced the administrative load associated with access to C/S resources At the same time, it has increased the potential availability of its other electronic resources, while also providing enhanced security and more meaningful usage statistics

Abstract: Recently, many commercial cloud computing services have rapidly evolved, and it is expected that users will increasingly access these cloud services using mobile devices or thin client devices with response-sensitive applications such as remote desktop. For such communications, the transmission control protocol (TCP) is typically used between such devices and virtual machines in cloud data centers. However, frequent quality changes in the wireless link or movements of virtual machines influence end-to-end TCP sessions, and the communication response may be degraded. In this paper, we propose a method to improve the response in interactive communication by dynamically changing congestion control algorithms based on changes in the link quality. We then show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Abstract: A system and method for selective installation of a network document processing device Data representing available networked document processing devices is first communicated to a network, whereupon a visual indication of one of the document processing devices is displayed on a thin client interface The thin client interface then receives, from an associated user, a selection of one of the available document processing devices The thin client device then communicates this selection data to a storage, which has stored various device drivers, each associated with at least one of the available document processing devices The device driver corresponding to the selection data is then retrieved from the storage and sent to the thin client device, which is resident on a workstation The driver is then installed and the thin client device is able to request document processing operations by the selected document processing device

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve operation equivalent to that of a conventional client-server system, even if the system is a thin-client system. SOLUTION: In the thin-client system, by managing a session between a thin-client terminal and a thin-client server, while using a user and a terminal respectively as a key, the system allows a user to perform automatic connection to the thin-client server, according to a purpose (work), restart of work by reconnection of the session, and to the start-up or shutdown of an OS located on the side of the thin-client server without user's being aware of it. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT