Method and apparatus for transmitting keyboard/video/mouse data to and from digital video appliances

摘要

A method of exchanging keyboard/video/mouse data between a client work station and a digital video appliance connected through a general purpose network is disclosed. A protocol for exchanging this data includes the establishment of a secure sockets layer (SSL) connection for the transmission of all data other than the video data. The present protocol also establishes a non-secure video session connection across the same general purpose network for transmitting the digitized video from the digital video appliance to the client work station. The protocol also provides for the compression of the digitized video to reduce the band width required to transit the video signals.