Patent ID: 8762544

Claim:
A method for use in a network arrangement including a receiving computer connected over a network to plural sending computers, comprising: establishing a first session between the receiving computer and a first of the plural sending computers, wherein the first session involves providing data of a peripheral device attached to the receiving computer to the first sending computer, wherein the data of the peripheral device is provided to a first device driver of the peripheral device in the first sending computer; and establishing a second session between the receiving computer and a second of the plural sending computers, wherein the second session involves providing the data of the peripheral device attached to the receiving computer to the second sending computer, wherein the data of the peripheral device is provided to a second device driver of the peripheral device in the second sending computer, wherein establishing the first and second sessions comprises establishing the first and second sessions in which communication occurs between the receiving computer and virtual drivers in the first and second sending computers, wherein the virtual drivers are to emulate the peripheral device in the corresponding first and second sending computers.