Patent ID: 7433913

Claim:
A method for communicating data between a host device and a remote client device with a point-to-point data communication link, the remote client device performing the method comprising: coupling to the host device with a client device connection interface to establish the point-to-point data communication link between the host device and the remote client device; receiving Remote Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) messages from a Remote NDIS component of the host device via the point-to-point data communication link, the Remote NDIS messages being received at the remote client device by a Remote NDIS driver of the host device that is implemented in the remote client device, the Remote NDIS driver being designed for data communication over a distributed network; and communicating the Remote NDIS messages from the Remote NDIS driver that is implemented in the remote client device via a virtual network configured in the remote client device to a virtual driver component in the remote client device.