Patent ID: 9529754
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request for a connection to a first virtual USB device by a first user of a first client; creating a first global namespace symbolic link in global namespace associated with the first virtual USB device, wherein the first virtual USB device is associated with a first I/O device; determining if the first global namespace symbolic link is associated with a port name of the first client; determining if session-level restriction is enabled for the first user; caching one or more reserved port names; determining if a first preferred port name characteristic exists for the first virtual USB device; determining if a first preferred port name is available, based, at least in part, on the first preferred port name characteristic; and creating a first symbolic link in a first user-session namespace, wherein the first user-session namespace is associated with the first user, and wherein the first symbolic link is based, at least in part, on the first preferred port name.