Patent ID: 8626969

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a device to: receive a first command for communication via a network with a computer, the apparatus being remote from the computer, the communication including a network redirection session to transmit to the computer at least one of storage command and storage data, the at least one of the storage command and the storage data being redirected via the session to the computer from the apparatus; open, in response, at least in part, to the first command, the session, unless opening the session would result in exceeding a maximum number of concurrent redirections, the concurrent redirections including one or more types from among the following: text data redirection, storage device redirection, and serial-over-local area network redirection; receive a second command to stop redirecting from the apparatus to the computer via the session; stop, in response, at least in part, to the second command, the redirecting; receive a third command to end the session; and end, in response, at least in part to the third command, the session.