Patent ID: 8341621
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically configuring a server for use with a peripheral device connected to an input/output port of a client computer, the method comprising: detecting a connection from the client computer by the server and establishing a session for the client computer; sending from the server to the client computer one or more requests for an enumeration of client peripheral devices physically connected to the client computer, the one or more requests directing the client computer to detect a presence of the peripheral device by accessing system device registry information on the client computer and determining a peripheral identifier that uniquely identifies the peripheral device physically connected to the input/output port of the client computer; receiving the peripheral identifier at the server; based on the received peripheral identifier, installing on the server a peripheral driver and a queue for use with the peripheral device that is physically connected to the client computer; and automatically redirecting data from the queue on the server to the input/output port of the client computer to which the peripheral device is physically connected.