Patent ID: 8539025
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A zero client device, comprising: a housing; a transcoding processing unit, comprised in the housing, wherein the transcoding processing unit is implemented on a first circuit board, and wherein the transcoding processing unit comprises at least one Universal Serial Bus (USB) port; one or more converters comprised in the housing and coupled to the USB port of the transcoding processing unit to facilitate communications between the transcoding processing unit and a corresponding one or more peripheral devices, wherein each converter of the one or more converters is configured to convert between USB protocol and one of: wherein the transcoding processing unit is connected to the one or more converters via a secondary communication channel that is used to implement one or more of: a communications processing unit, comprised in the housing and coupled to the transcoding processing unit, wherein the communications processing unit is implemented on a second circuit board; and wherein the zero client device has no user-modifiable storage medium; 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: