Patent ID: 7429991

Claim:
A video card controlled by a control unit to output video data to a display in a local mode or to output the video data through a network in a network mode, the video card comprising: a network interface connected to the network to transfer the video data; an interface controller coupled to the network interface, wherein the interface controller is controlled by the control unit to output the video data to the display from the video card when the video card is in the local mode and to output the video data through the network interface from the video card when the video card is in the network mode; a bus interface, which is coupled between the interface controller and the control unit, for inputting the video data from the control unit to the interface controller; a video memory connected to the interface controller, for storing the video data; a CPU (Central Processing Unit) coupled between the network interface and the interface controller, for computing and compressing the video data; a first controller coupled between the interface controller and the bus interface, for computing the video data; and a keyboard/mouse interface connected to the interface controller, a local computer and a keyboard/mouse console.