Patent ID: 8892758
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of supporting a client device, the method comprising: recognizing the client device as connected to the client computer, wherein the client device is connected to a remote client computer, and wherein the client computer is communicatively connected to a server computer; installing a real device driver at the client computer; sending device specific information related to the client device to the server computer to allow for the creation of a remote device instance on the server computer; and receiving redirected I/O request packet (IRP) commands from the server computer at the remote client computer to control the client device, wherein the client device is identified as the remote device instance in I/O control (IOCTL) code in the IRP commands, wherein the redirected IRP commands from the server computer bypass the real device driver and directly control the client device.