Patent ID: 8234333

Claim:
A thin client device for managing, by a server over a network, a local peripheral connected to the thin client device, comprising: a primary interface connected to a second interface of the server over the network; a virtual client application connected to the server via a remote user interface (RUI) protocol; at least one primary local port for connecting the local peripheral; and a primary gateway operable to interface said at least one primary local port with the primary interface and to transform said at least one primary local port into a network port to connect the local peripheral to the network, a hub operable to split the primary interface into two network addresses, associating one network address to correspond to said at least one primary local port and associating the other network address to correspond to the thin client device itself; and wherein the server comprises a second gateway operable to interface the local peripheral with the second interface, thereby port forwarding said at least one primary local port into a local port of the server and enabling the server to manage and activate the local peripheral connected to said at least one primary local port of the thin client device over the network without control or supervision from the thin client device.