Patent ID: 8028108

Claim:
A method for implementing virtual keyboard video mouse (KVM) switching functionality using a processing device in communication with a memory device, comprising: redirecting first keyboard, first video, and first mouse signals from a rack-mount computer system a standardized serial bus detachably connecting the rack-mount computer system to a portable computer, wherein each of the first keyboard, first video, and first mouse signals are carried at predetermined frequencies; receiving, by the portable computer, the redirected first keyboard, first video, and first mouse signals from the rack-mount computer system; identifying and separating the first keyboard, first video, and first mouse signals on the portable computer; passing the first keyboard, first video, and first mouse signals to an operating system on the portable computer; overriding control of second keyboard, second video, and second mouse signals for the portable computer in response to receiving the first keyboard, first video, and first mouse signals; and utilizing, by the operating system, the first keyboard, first video, and first mouse signals to manage the rack-mount computer system, wherein the first keyboard signal is carried at approximately 27.195 MHz, the first mouse signal is carried at approximately 27.145 MHz, and the first video signal is carried between 150 and 200 MHz.