Patent ID: 7512671

Claim:
A system for providing remote access over a wireless link to a remote host server, the system comprising: a plurality of remote computers within range of a wireless interface device forming a selectable group of remote computers, each of said remote computers in said selectable group of remote computers having a node address, CPU, a storage device for running and storing one or more programs, means for generating video data responsive to said one or more programs and means for receiving user input data, each remote computer including means for establishing a wireless connection with one or more wireless interface devices and transmitting its node address to said wireless interface device in response to a broadcast signal from said wireless interface device, wherein said node address of said remote computer is unknown by said wireless interface device until said broadcast signal is received; said wireless interface device including a display and means for broadcasting signals requesting whether any of said remote computers within range are available and means for receiving node addresses from remote computers within range of said wireless interface device and displaying on said display those remote computers for which node addresses were received and establishing a wireless communication link between said wireless interface device and any one of said remote computers that are displayed on said display and selected thereby enabling a user to manually select a remote computer from said selectable group of computers displayed on said display and selectively establish a remote connection with the selected one of the remote computer defining a selected computer, said one or more wireless interface devices configured as a remote input/output (I/O) device for selectively taking control of said selected computer, said display for displaying said video data generated by said selected computer, an input system for receiving and transmitting said user input data to said selected computer and a wireless communication subsystem for interfacing with said selected computer over a wireless link for controlling and accessing said programs on said selected computer.