Patent ID: 7721013

Claim:
A system for communicating via a network with a remote console, the remote console being remote from the system, the system comprising: logic to receive via the network at least one request from the remote console, the at least one request requesting opening of a keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) redirection session, the logic, in response to the at least one request, being to determine a control capability of the logic and KVM redirection session type to be opened, the logic being to packetize and transmit, after the session is opened, the logic to send the KVM information to the remote console via the session via a network protocol, the KVM information being intended to be displayed at a local display and at a remote display of the remote console, the also being to command that a user notification be displayed at the local display, the user notification notifying that the KVM information is being provided to the remote console in a KVM mode of operation in the session.