Patent ID: 8407383

Claim:
A system for controlling input and output peripherals connected to addressable stations, comprising: A) a global computer network; B) at least two computerized addressable stations connected to said network, each of said at least two stations including at least one input for receiving input peripheral signals and at least one output for generating output peripheral signals and an operating software that includes service software that is initiated upon booting said stations and said service software having stored information about the station where it is installed including said station's assigned address and reachable peripherals; C) at least one input peripheral with associated drive software connected to one of said at least one input of one of said at least two stations and at least one output peripheral with associated drive software connected to said at least one output of another station of said at least two stations; and D) a computerized server having a storage assembly with control software that includes sufficient data and instructions to permit a user to communicate with said at least two stations and connect to at least one of said at least one input and said at least one output of one of said at least two stations with the input of another of said at least two stations to activate at least one output of said another station, said storage assembly further including a database for storing said drive software for each of said peripherals and said operating software of each of said stations, wherein said control software selectively connects at least one of said inputs or outputs of one of said at least two stations, as a requested station, to at least one of said inputs of another of said at least two stations, as a target station, to generate an output signal on said at least one output of said target station and said control software further including means for translating said input and output signals of said inputs and outputs of said requested station to compatible input and output signals for said at least one input of said target station utilizing said database thereby permitting a user to remotely activate the reachable peripherals of said addressable stations.