Multi Internet Video Card

• US 20070106959A1
• Filed: 11/05/2005
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Scott Mcgowan
• Original Assignee: Scott Mcgowan
• Inventors: McGowan, Scott
• Application Number:
  US11/163,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20070106959A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/848
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0227 Cooperation and interconnection of the input arrangement with other functional units of a computer G06F3/023 - G06F3/037 take precedence

Abstract

Multi Internet Video Card is a multiple output video card and multiple keyboard/mouse input port circuitry design provides a low cost method for creating three video outputs and two additional sets of keyboard/mouse input ports. A software driver acts as a port handler for the extra keyboard/mice. A modified custom internet browser code variant is compiled to create a version for station one, and another custom version for station two. These modified browsers only look for extra user keyboard and extra mouse input from the additional stations they are assigned to. Costly support software as operating systems and Internet firewalls are needed only for the one system. Costly system maintenance need only be done for the one system that can provide internet stations for three users. Costly maintenance support is now needed only for one system. Management of secondary users browsing habits and rules are controlled by the master user.

Claims

1. A unique multi internet video card is a multiple video output video card and multiple keyboard/mouse input port circuitry, of one count less than the video outputs, as a low cost method for creating multiple video outputs and additional sets of keyboard/mouse input ports.

3. A novel multi internet video card as in claim 1, creates two the additional keyboard and mouse inputs via multiplexing one or more the I2C serial data ports that come as standard ports on video controller integrated circuits, with additional software driver program that handles the port hardware to make the multiple extra keyboards and multiple extra mice data flow available to the customized variants of the internet browsers.

2. Unique multiple internet stations do not comprise a true “

multi-user”

system, but a run on a single multi-tasking operating system as customized application programs, creating multiple pseudo internet user outputs directed to the assigned video output and looking at user input only from the assigned extra keyboard and assigned extra mouse, whereas the operating system cannot track or manage different users, but sees all internet history use as one user.

6. Novel multiple stations as in claim 2, provide to extra users using this pseudo multi user system, additional customized programs such as word processors, calculators, and video players that look only for mouse and keyboard input from the custom keyboard and mouse driver handling the extra keyboards and mice.

7. Novel multiple stations as in claim 2, as another cost lowing option, shall use customized programs that have sound output, will logically share hardware stereo channel 2 output, as monophonic sound, whereas the master user sound out put from his/her programs has been intercepted by a software filter driver, changing that sound flow from stereo into channel 1 monophonic sound flow.

8. Unique multiple stations as in claim 2, as slightly higher cost option, will use additional hardware sound circuits providing additional hardware sound channels that may be on the same video card or separate card, as the additional sound hardware channels for the sound flows for the extra users programs that have sound output.

4. A novel custom program, launched by the master station, is available for each extra user screen that appears to that extra user as a personal extra user task-bar, that seeks input from the extra keyboards and mice, that contains the program launch icons for various customized programs, that have been customized to provide pseudo multi-user programs for common needs such as word processing, text editors, spread sheets and video players.

5. A novel software program as in claim 4 that is launched by the master user that can real-time visually monitor the computer use activities of the extra users.