Computer on a card with a remote human interface
First Claim
1. A computing system, comprising:
- a computer card, wherein the computer card comprises;
a frame;
a printed circuit board mounted to the frame;
a CPU comprised on the printed circuit board;
a memory comprised on the printed circuit board;
a non-volatile memory comprised on the frame;
human interface logic comprised on the printed circuit board which is operable to receive one or more human interface signals and encode the one or more human interface signals into a format suitable for transmission to a remote location; and
a human interface connector coupled to the human interface logic, wherein the human interface connector is adapted to couple to one or more cables for transmission of the encoded one ore more human interface signals to the remote location.
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Abstract
A computing system in which a human interface (HI) is located remotely from a computer. The HI includes a keyboard, mouse, and monitor. The computer includes a motherboard with CPU, memory, network and interface logic, disk drives, and a power supply, configured on a single card, and communicates with the HI by sending and receiving encoded HI signals. The computer card includes an interfacing edge connector for communicating with the HI and networks. The HI logic receives HI signals from the interface logic and encodes the signals into a format suitable for transmission to the HI. The HI logic receives and decodes incoming encoded HI signals from the HI, and transmits the decoded HI signals to the interface logic for use in the computing system. The network logic encodes network signals into a format suitable for transmission to the network, and receives and decodes encoded network signals from the network.
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54 Claims
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1. A computing system, comprising:
a computer card, wherein the computer card comprises;
a frame;
a printed circuit board mounted to the frame;
a CPU comprised on the printed circuit board;
a memory comprised on the printed circuit board;
a non-volatile memory comprised on the frame;
human interface logic comprised on the printed circuit board which is operable to receive one or more human interface signals and encode the one or more human interface signals into a format suitable for transmission to a remote location; and
a human interface connector coupled to the human interface logic, wherein the human interface connector is adapted to couple to one or more cables for transmission of the encoded one ore more human interface signals to the remote location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing system, comprising:
a computer card, wherein the computer card comprises;
a frame;
a printed circuit board mounted to the frame;
a CPU comprised on the printed circuit board;
a memory comprised on the printed circuit board;
a non-volatile memory comprised on the frame;
a human interface connector adapted to couple to one or more cables for reception of encoded one or more human interface signals from a remote location, wherein the encoded one or more human interface signals are encoded in a format suitable for transmission from the remote location to the computing system; and
human interface logic comprised on the printed circuit board and coupled to the human interface connector, wherein the human interface logic is operable to receive the encoded one or more human interface signals from the remote location, wherein the human interface logic is operable to decode the encoded one or more human interface signals to produce decoded human interface signals;
wherein the decoded human interface signals are useable in the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computing system, comprising:
a computer card, wherein the computer card comprises;
a frame;
a printed circuit board mounted to the frame;
a CPU comprised on the printed circuit board;
a memory comprised on the printed circuit board;
a non-volatile memory comprised on the frame;
human interface logic comprised on the printed circuit board which is operable to perform one or more of;
1) receiving one or more outgoing human interface signals and encoding the one or more outgoing human interface signals into a format suitable for transmission to a remote location or
2) receiving one or more incoming encoded human interface signals from the remote location and decoding the one or more incoming human interface signals into a format suitable for transmission to logic on the computing system;
a human interface connector coupled to the human interface logic, wherein the human interface connector is adapted to couple to one or more cables for communication of one or more of outgoing or incoming encoded human interface signals with the remote location; and
a power supply comprised on the frame, wherein the power supply is operable to couple to an external power source and supply power to the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A system comprising a plurality of computing systems, the system comprising:
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a cage having a plurality of slots, wherein each of the slots is adapted to receive a computer card;
wherein each computer card comprises;
a frame;
a printed circuit board mounted to the frame;
a CPU comprised on the printed circuit board;
a memory comprised on the printed circuit board;
a non-volatile memory comprised on the frame;
human interface logic comprised on the printed circuit board which is operable to receive two or more human interface signals and encode the two or more human interface signals into a format suitable for transmission to a remote location;
a human interface connector coupled to the human interface logic, wherein the human interface connector is adapted to couple to one or more cables for transmission of the encoded two or more human interface signals to the remote location; and
a power supply comprised on the frame, wherein the power supply is operable to couple to an external power source and supply power to the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system comprising a plurality of computing systems, the system comprising:
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a cage having a plurality of slots, wherein each of the slots is adapted to receive a computer card;
wherein each computer card comprises;
a frame;
a printed circuit board mounted to the frame;
a CPU comprised on the printed circuit board;
a memory comprised on the printed circuit board;
a non-volatile memory comprised on the frame;
human interface logic comprised on the printed circuit board which is operable to receive two or more encoded human interface signals from a remote location and decode the two or more human interface signals from a format suitable for transmission from the remote location;
a human interface connector coupled to the human interface logic, wherein the human interface connector is adapted to couple to one or more cables for reception of the encoded two or more human interface signals from the remote location;
a power supply comprised on the frame, wherein the power supply is operable to couple to an external power source and supply power to the computing system;
wherein the decoded human interface signals are useable by the computer card. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A system comprising a plurality of computing systems and corresponding human interfaces, the system comprising:
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a cage having a plurality of slots, wherein each of the slots is adapted to receive a computer card;
wherein each computer card comprises;
a frame;
a printed circuit board mounted to the frame;
a CPU comprised on the printed circuit board;
a memory comprised on the printed circuit board;
a non-volatile memory comprised on the frame;
human interface logic comprised on the printed circuit board which is operable to perform one or more of;
1) receiving one or more outgoing human interface signals and encoding the one or more outgoing human interface signals into a format suitable for transmission to a remote location, or
2) receiving one or more incoming encoded human interface signals from the remote location and decoding the one or more incoming human interface signals into a format suitable for transmission to logic on the computing system;
a human interface connector coupled to the human interface logic, wherein the human interface connector is adapted to couple to one or more cables for communication of the one or more of outgoing or incoming encoded human interface signals with the remote location; and
a power supply comprised on the frame, wherein the power supply is operable to couple to an external power source and supply power to the computing system;
a plurality of human interfaces each located at a location remote from the cage, wherein each of the human interfaces includes a display device and at least one user input device; and
at least one cable coupled between each computer card and a corresponding one of the human interfaces, wherein each at least one cable is operable to communicate the one or more outgoing or incoming encoded human interface signals with the corresponding human interface. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54)
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