Patent ID: 8281040

Claim:
A wireless, multifunction remote device management system comprising: a user workstation of the type including at least one device selected from the group consisting of a keyboard, a monitor, and a cursor control device; a plurality of remote devices of a first type each including a KVM interface; a remote device of a second typed including a serial interface; a plurality of remote interface modules of a first type each including a KVM interface for connecting to one of the remote devices of the first type; a remote interface module of a second type including a serial interface for connecting to the remote device of the second type; and a remote device management unit coupled to said user workstation, said remote interface modules of the first type and said remote interface module of the second type, wherein said remote interface modules of the first type and said remote interface module of the second type each includes one or more input/output ports for interconnecting with other ones of said remote interface modules of the first type and said remote interface module of the second type, wherein said remote interface module of the second type is interconnected with one of the remote interface modules of the first type, and wherein said remote interface modules of the first type, said remote interface module of the second type and said remote device management unit are interconnected to one another in a chain-like configuration.