Patent ID: 8850078

Claim:
A method, comprising: obtaining, in a thin client device, compressed video information and peripheral configuration information from a server device by way of a network; decompressing, in the thin client device, the compressed video information; transmitting the decompressed video information from the thin client device to a display device for display; and configuring the thin client device to access a peripheral device based at least in part on the peripheral configuration information obtained by the thin client device from the server device, the peripheral device coupled to the thin client device via a peripheral bridge, wherein configuring the thin client device to access the peripheral device comprises: determining, in the thin client device, whether the peripheral device coupled to the thin client device is permitted to be installed for use through the thin client device based at least in part on the peripheral configuration information; and installing the peripheral device for use through the thin client device in response to determining the peripheral device is permitted to be installed.