公开(公告)号：US20020059372A1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-16

申请号：US09993447

申请日：2001-11-13

申请人： Adaptec, Inc.

发明人： Michael Goshev ,  Maureen McMahon

IPC分类号： G06F015/16

CPC分类号： H04L29/08846 ,  G06F3/1222 ,  G06F3/1239 ,  G06F3/1288 ,  G06F9/468 ,  G06F21/82 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L69/329 ,  Y10S707/99938 ,  Y10S707/99939

摘要： Disclosed is a system for transparently sharing peripheral devices over a network. The system includes a first computer having at least one peripheral device, and a second computer that is networked to the first computer. The second computer is configured to send a request to use the at least one peripheral device over the network, and the request is processed to determine whether the second computer has sharing privileges to use the at least one peripheral device. Furthermore, the first computer is configured to grant access to the request of the second computer if the second computer has the sharing privileges that enable access to the at least one peripheral device. In this embodiment, the first computer acts as a Server that can share its peripheral devices, and the second computer acts as a Client that access the Server's peripheral devices.