Patent ID: 8813098
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A client configured to interact with a local USB device comprising: a memory; a local host controller configured to: wherein the local host controller is a standard USB host controller; an outbound interface to transmit messages to the remote host controller driver from the local host controller; an inbound interface to receive messages from the remote host controller driver for the local host controller; an assistance engine, coupled to the local host controller, the outbound interface and the inbound interface, and configured to: wherein the client is a thin client that interacts with and is connected to the local USB device and wherein the local USB device is controlled by the remote host controller driver of the server via the local host controller of the thin client, wherein the server is connected to the thin client via a network, and wherein the remote host controller driver is a driver that takes messages from other drivers in a system and transfers them to hardware in a manner that is consistent with the hardware's communication requirements and transmits the transferred messages to the thin client.