Patent ID: 7793019

Claim:
A keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) redirection module for establishing interaction between a plurality of local computers and a remote computer, comprising: a printed circuit board; an interface connector disposed at a first edge of the printed circuit board configured to interface with a KVM switch mating connector on a KVM switch and to receive video signals from a local computer of the plurality of local computers through the KVM switch mating connector; a frame grabber on the printed circuit board that grabs screen frames from the video signals to create screen frame data; a network interface device on the printed circuit board having a network connector disposed at a second edge of the printed circuit board opposite the first edge, such that the network connector is externally accessible when the interface connector is connected to the KVM switch mating connector on the KVM switch; and the printed circuit board having at least one processing device configured to provide the screen frame data to the network interface device for distribution across a network.