Patent ID: 8806065
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A server device capable of sharing a universal serial bus (USB) device with a client device through a network, the server device comprising: a USB controller which sets up connection information containing a device address of a connected USB device; and a USB management unit which stores the connection information, allocates a virtual connection address for connecting the client device to the USB device and connects the client device to the USB device by mapping the virtual connection address with the device address in response to the client device requesting sharing with the USB device, wherein the USB management unit allocates a first virtual connection address for connecting a first client device of the client device to the USB device and a second virtual connection address for connecting a second client device of the client device to the USB device, and wherein the first virtual connection address and the second virtual connection address correspond to a same device address of the connected USB device.