Patent ID: 9059865
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for initiating, by USB host 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 USBHs and the USBDs to communicate over the non-USB network that enables each USBD to discover presence and capabilities of each USBH; receiving, by the first USBH, information about the first USB device; and then initiating, by the first USBH, a first USB-over-network connection between the first USB host and the first USB device, via the first USBH and the first USBD; and receiving, by the first USBH, information about the second USB device; and then initiating, by the first USBH, a second USB-over-network connection between the first USB host and the second USB device, via the first USBH and the second USBD; and receiving, by the second USBH, information about the third USB device; and then initiating, by the second USBH, a third USB-over-network connection between the second USB host and the third USB device, via the second USBH and the third USBD.