Patent ID: 7861020

Claim:
A system for allowing control of a plurality of local computers from a remote computer, comprising: a printed circuit board having at least one internal connector for connection to a removable KVM redirection module, wherein the printed circuit board is coupled to switching components operative to selectively provide video signal data from a local computer of the plurality of local computers to the removable KVM redirection module in response to receiving a switch request from the remote computer; a housing that encloses the printed circuit board and the removable KVM redirection module; and the removable KVM redirection module, comprising an interface connector connected to the at least one internal connector, wherein the interface connector is configured to receive video signals from a local computer of the plurality of local computers through the at least one internal connector, a frame grabber that grabs screen frames from the video signals to create screen frame data, a network interface device configured to distributing screen frame data from one of a plurality of computers over a network, and at least one processing device configured to provide the screen frame data to the network interface device for distribution across a network.