Patent ID: 8037191

Claim:
A method, comprising: detecting a device is connected to a first computer and is in low-level local communication with the first computer via a first local communication port of the first computer; determining that the device is configured to autoconnect with a second computer upon connection of the device to the first computer; establishing a remote access session between the first computer and the second computer in response to the detecting the device is connected to the first computer and the determining that the device is configured to autoconnect with the second computer upon connection of the device to the first computer, wherein the remote access session is an online collaborative computing session; intercepting the low-level local communication at the first local communication port; transmitting the low-level local communication to the second computer via the remote access session; and injecting the low-level local communication to a second local communication port of the second computer, wherein the second computer responds to the low-level local communication as though the device were located at the second local communication port of the second computer.