Patent ID: 8397004

Claim:
An apparatus for use in a Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM) system comprising: at least a console for remotely managing at least one server via a network, wherein said management is provided by bidirectionally coupling KVM signals signal between the console and the server, and each of the KVM signals has a source and a destination; a first unit for coupling each of the KVM signals to their respective destinations and for simultaneously providing a representation of each of the KVM signals at an output coupled to a network; a second unit coupled via the network to the output of the first unit, wherein the second unit is configured to store each of said representations; and a browser-based search and playback application configured to access the second unit, to search for said stored representations of said KVM signals using one or more of keystrokes or mouse click patterns of said KVM signals, date, time, user ID or IP address information to identify one or more KVM sessions of interest, and to initiate a playback of stored representations for said sessions of interest, wherein said apparatus is responsive to command signals that direct the apparatus to store all or a predetermined portion of the KVM signals.