Patent ID: 8266717

Claim:
A monitoring device for a computing device of a computer system, the computing device including a central processing unit and an input/output control unit connected electrically to the central processing unit, said monitoring device comprising: a wireless receiving unit adapted to be disposed on the computing device and to be connected electrically to the input/output control unit; and a remote control module adapted to be connected electrically and detachably to the computing device, said remote control module including: a connecting interface adapted to be connected electrically and detachably to the input/output control unit, a microprocessor connected electrically to said connecting interface and adapted to be connected electrically to the input/output control unit through said connecting interface, a plurality of key units each of which is depressible to generate a control signal, wherein a function of at least one of the plurality of key units is operable to be set by a user, and wherein the microprocessor is operable to store the function; and a wireless transmitting unit connected electrically to said microprocessor such that, when said connecting interface is connected electrically to the input/output control unit, said microprocessor transmits the control signal to the input/output control unit through said connecting interface to thereby communicate with the computing device, and such that, when said connecting interface is disconnected from the input/output control unit, said microprocessor transmits the control signal to said wireless receiving unit through said wireless transmitting unit to thereby communicate with the computing device.