Local port browser interface
AssigneeRaritan Americas, Inc.
InventorsJayson T. Holovacs, Swen Anderson, Scott Coleman, Christian Paetz
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Abstract
The present invention relates to KVM switches that contain both remote and local ports and provide a user of the local port with a similar WEB based interface experience as that experienced by the remote user.
Claims9
A keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch system, comprising:
- a plurality of target interface ports, each of said target interface ports coupling said KVM switch system to a respective target device;
- a network interface module coupling said KVM switch system to a plurality of remote user client systems via a communications network, said remote user client systems each running a web browser application;
- a local port coupling said KVM switch system to a video display device, keyboard and mouse local console, and
- a control processor running a web server application for interaction with said web browser applications running on said remote user client systems, wherein:
- said control processor further includes a web browser application, said web browser application interacting with said web server application to generate a web page;
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- a video display processor for receiving said web page from said control processor and processing said web page into a video signal, and sending said video signal to said video display device of said local console.
A method for accessing a first keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch system having a plurality of target interface ports, each of said target interface ports coupling said KVM switch system to a respective target device, a network interface module coupling said KVM switch system to a plurality of remote user client systems via a communications network, said remote user client systems each running a web browser application, a local port coupling said KVM switch system to a video display device, keyboard and mouse local console, and a control processor running a web server application for interaction with said web browser applications running on said remote user client systems, comprising the steps of:
- running a web browser application on said control processor, said web browser application interacting with said web server application to generate a web page;
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- receiving said web page from a video display processor of said KVM switch system, processing said web page into a video signal, and sending said video signal to said video display device of said local console.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.