Patent ID: 9389825
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06F,G09G,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A zero client device, comprising: a housing; a transcoding processing unit, comprised in the housing, wherein the transcoding processing unit comprises a first circuit board, and wherein the transcoding processing unit implements a zero client protocol for conducting zero client sessions; a communications processing unit, comprised in the housing and interfaced to the transcoding processing unit, wherein the communications processing unit comprises a second circuit board, wherein the communications processing unit comprises Virtual Private Network (VPN) software for securely connecting to devices over a network; and an uplink network connection, comprised in the housing, wherein the uplink network connection is comprised in or interfaced to the communications processing unit for connecting to a network; wherein the zero client device has no user-modifiable storage medium, but does include one or more memory elements for operation of the zero client device; wherein the communications processing unit is configured to: wherein the transcoding processing unit is configured to: wherein the communications processing unit is configured to: wherein the transcoding processing unit is configured to: wherein the transcoding processing unit is further configured to: wherein the communications processing unit is configured to: wherein the transcoding processing unit is further configured to: wherein the zero client device has no independent operational capability other than acting as a decoder or receiver for a computing experience that executes on a remote computer and is transmitted over a network to the zero client device.