US Patent 9081911 Mediating communication of a universal serial bus device

In an example, an apparatus includes a memory storing a hypervisor, where the hypervisor is configured to determine whether one or more universal serial bus (USB) devices in communication with the hypervisor are authorized to communicate with a guest operating system of the hypervisor and, after determining that the one or more USB devices are authorized to communicate with the guest, virtualize the one or more USB devices at the guest operating system and transfer messages between the one or more USB devices and the virtualized USB device.