Patent ID: 8516079

Claim:
A server having functionality for being remotely controlled by a client, comprising: a host communication controller; a first communication controller connected to the host communication controller, the first communication controller being detected connection to the server and emulating a first mass storage device and one or more user input devices complying with a predetermined communication protocol during a server initiation, and transmitting a user input device data to control the server via the at least one emulated user input device that provides keystroke data or cursor data or both as the user input device data input by the client, wherein the first communication controller transmits the user input device data in one direction and receives video data representing a desktop image of the server in the opposite direction by emulating the at least one emulated user input device and the emulated first mass storage device; a second communication controller configured for connecting to the client, the second communication controller emulating a second mass storage device complying with the predetermined communication protocol for receiving the user input device data from the client; a control circuit being coupled to and controlling the first and second communication controllers, the control circuit transferring the user input device data between the first and second communication controllers; and a memory coupled to the control circuit, the memory storing a server-side application program and a client-side application program, the server-side application program and the client-side application program being different programs, wherein the control circuit transfers the server-side application program to the first communication controller and transfers the client-side application program to the second communication controller respectively; wherein the control circuit transfers the video data representing the desktop image of the server to the second communication controller, the second communication controller outputs the video data representing the desktop image of the server to the client via the emulated second mass storage device, the second communication controller receives the user input device data from the client via the emulated second mass storage device, the control circuit transfers the user input device data to the first communication controller, the first communication controller outputs the user input device data to the server via the at least one emulated user input device.