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US 20130054794A1
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United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2013/0054794 A1 Liu et al. (54)
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING
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Feb. 28, 2013
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AND MONITORING USER INTERACTIONS
WITH A SERVER
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(75) Inventors; Yi-Li Liu, De1ta(CA); shill-yuan Huang, Shijr city (TW); Chih-tao
ABSTRACT
A system includes multiple KVM switches, multiple user consoles and a recording system connected via a network.
Hsieh, Shijr City (TW)
Each KVM switch facilitates interactions between user con
(73) Assignee: ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Taipei (TW)
KVM switch transmits keyboard, mouse and video data exchanged between user consoles and servers, and adminis trative data, to the recording system. The recording system records the keyboard, mouse, video and administrative data,
soles and selected servers connected its server ports. The
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and detects trigger events based on such data. Trigger events
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include prede?ned keywords, mouse operations, video _
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images, user IDs and server IDs, or combinations thereof.
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When a trigger event is detected, the recording system auto
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matically transmits monitoring information to an administra tive console via the network. The monitoring information
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may include combined video data containing information about keyboard and mouse actions superimposed on desktop
images. The administrative console may also request speci?c recorded data for review. The recording system may employ
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a master-slave con?guration.
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keyword detected?
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record keyboard input data and Video data
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comparing keyboard input data from the console with the [\J predetermined keyword data in the keyword database
detecting Whether a predetermined keyword is
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inputted from the console into one of the computers by a keyword ?lter
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recording video data from the one of the computers
and keyboard input data from the console by a capture unit if the predetermined keyword is detected
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