System and method for single KVM client accommodating multiple different video compression technologies

A method for providing compressed video to a personal electronic device of a user using one of a plurality of different video compression protocols, and wherein the personal electronic device includes a web browser, the method comprising:

• using the personal electronic device to transmit a request for video content via a remotely located controller;
• using the remotely located controller to serve up HTML5 client code to the web browser of the personal electronic device, the HTML5 client code including a port number and an address for the video server that the personal electronic device requesting video content from;
• causing the browser to use the HTML5 client code to establish a web socket connection with the video server using the port number and the address provided in the HTML5 client code, and to establish a web socket in the browser;
• using the video server to compress the video content and to provide the video content in compressed form to the browser using the browser's web socket;
• and
• causing the personal electronic device to use the HTML5 client code running in the browser to determine a specific type of compression engine being used, from a plurality of different available compression engines, on the received video content, and further using the HTML5 client code running in the browser to decompress the video content using an appropriate decompression protocol, and to render the decompressed video content to a HTML5 canvas of the browser, to enable the browser to display the decompressed video on the user's personal electronic device.

A system for providing compressed video to a personal electronic device of a user using one of a plurality of different video compression protocols, and wherein the personal electronic device includes a web browser, the system comprising:

• a remotely located controller having a processor, memory and a HTML5 client code;
• a personal electronic device having a processor and memory configured to:
• transmit a request for video content from a server via the remotely located controller;
• receive from the remotely located controller HTML5 client code, the HTML5 client code including JavaScript code which includes a port number and an address of the server;
• have a browser of the personal electronic device use the HTML5 client code to create a web socket connection with the server and to establish a web socket in the browser;
• use the HTML5 client code, the web socket connection and the web socket to receive the compressed video through the web socket;
• the browser further being configured to use the JavaScript code of the HTML5 client code running within the browser to determine a specific compression engine that was used to compress the compressed video, and to select a specific decompression protocol from a plurality of decompression protocols to use to decompress the compressed video for display on the personal electronic device, and to render the decompressed video to HTML5 canvas running within the browser;
• and
• the browser further being configured to display the uncompressed video on a display system associated with the personal electronic device.