Patent ID: 8578060
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for connecting USB devices with USB hosts over distinct network paths, comprising: connecting first and second USB hosts with respective first and second USB host adaptors (USBHs); the USB hosts communicate with their respective USBHs essentially according to USB specification timings; connecting first, second, and third USB devices with respective first, second, and third USB device adaptors (USBDs), essentially according to USB specification timings; enabling the USBDs and the USBHs to communicate over a network that can connect each USBD with each USBH; initiating a first USB connection over the network between the first USB device and the first USB host, via the first USBH and the first USBD and over at least one cable longer than 5 m; initiating a second USB connection over the network between the second USB device and the first USB host, via the first USBH and the second USBD; initiating a third USB connection over the network between the third USB device and the second USB host, via the second USBH and the third USBD; and operating the first and third USB connections over the network essentially simultaneously and without any common network node.