Patent ID: 9059864
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for initiating, by USB device adaptors, USB connections over a non-USB network, comprising: connecting first and second non-collocated USB hosts with respective first and second non-collocated USB host adaptors (USBHs); the USB hosts communicate with their respective USBHs according to USB specification timings; connecting first, second, and third non-collocated USB devices with respective first, second, and third non-collocated USB device adaptors (USBDs), according to USB specification timings; enabling the USBDs and the USBHs to communicate over the non-USB network that enables each USBD to discover presence and capabilities of each USBH; receiving, by the first USBD, information about the first USB host; and then initiating, by the first USBD, a first USB-over-network connection between the first USB device and the first USB host, via the first USBH and the first USBD; and receiving, by the second USBD, information about the first USB host; and then initiating, by the second USBD, a second USB-over-network connection between the second USB device and the first USB host, via the first USBH and the second USBD; and receiving, by the third USBD, information about the second USB host; and then initiating, by the third USBD, a third USB-over-network connection between the third USB device and the second USB host, via the second USBH and the third USBD.