Keyboard and mouse operation data recording/reproducing system and method thereof

• US 20070247430A1
• Filed: 04/21/2006
• Published: 10/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ATEN International Company Limited
• Original Assignee: ATEN International Company Limited
• Inventors: Huang, Wei-min
• Application Number:
  US11/409,299
• Publication Number:
  US 20070247430A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

A keyboard and mouse operation data recording/reproducing system for recording/reproducing or further editing, programming the operation data of a set of keyboard and mouse and method thereof. The keyboard and mouse operation data recording/reproducing system, coupled to a keyboard, a mouse, a display and at least one computer. The keyboard and mouse operation recording/reproducing system includes a keyboard and mouse recording unit, a memory, a mark generator and a keyboard and mouse emulator. The keyboard and mouse recording unit records keyboard and mouse operation data and reproduces the recorded keyboard and mouse operation data. The memory is for storing the recorded operation data. The mark generator generates marks for events of the recorded operation data while the recorded operation data is stored. The keyboard and mouse emulator receives the reproduced operation data to replay the keyboard and mouse operation to the computer.

Claims

1. A recording/reproducing system of keyboard and mouse operation data, coupled to a keyboard, a mouse and at least one computer, to route keyboard, video, mouse operation data between the keyboard, the mouse and the computers, the keyboard and mouse operation recording/reproducing system comprising:

a keyboard and mouse recording unit, watching for the keyboard and mouse to record the operation data transformed from keyboard and mouse signal and reproduce the recorded operation data;

a memory, coupled to the keyboard and mouse recording unit, storing the recorded operation data;

a mark generator coupled to the keyboard and mouse recording unit, generating a plurality of marks for events of the recorded operation data while the recorded operation data is stored in the memory; and

a keyboard and mouse emulator, emulating the keyboard and mouse according to the reproduced operation data to replay the keyboard and mouse operation to the computer.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the keyboard and mouse recording unit receives the marks from the mark generator to mark the events of the recorded operation data as intervals inbetween while the recorded operation data is stored to the memory.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the mark generator is a reference frequency generator to generate reference frequency indexes as the marks in the recorded operation data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the mark generator is a counter to generate counting indexes as the marks in the recorded operation data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the keyboard and mouse recording unit reproduces the recorded keyboard and mouse operation data according to the marks.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a keyboard and mouse controller, transforming the keyboard and mouse operation signal into the keyboard and mouse operation data.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a switch, selecting either the reproduced operation data from the keyboard and mouse recording unit or the keyboard and mouse operation data from the keyboard and mouse controller to be transmitted to the keyboard and mouse emulator.

8. A keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) switch capable of recording/reproducing keyboard and mouse operation data, coupling to a keyboard, a mouse, a display and at least one computer, to route keyboard, mouse operation data between the keyboard, the mouse, the display and the computers, the switch comprising:

a controller, controlling the KVM switch to record the operation data of keyboard and mouse signal and to reproduce the recorded keyboard and mouse operation data;

a memory, coupled to the controller, storing the recorded operation data;

a mark generator, coupled to the controller, generating a plurality of marks for events of the recorded operation data while the recorded operation data is stored in the memory; and

at least one keyboard and mouse emulator, emulating the keyboard and mouse according to the reproduced operation data to replay the keyboard and mouse operation.

a switching device, routing the keyboard and mouse operation data of the replayed keyboard and mouse operation to the corresponding computer of the keyboard and mouse emulator.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the controller receives the marks from the mark generator to mark the events of the recorded operation data as intervals inbetween while the recorded operation data is stored to the memory.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the mark generator is a reference frequency generator to generate reference frequency indexes as the marks in the recorded operation data.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the mark generator is a counter to generate counting indexes as the marks in the recorded operation data.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the controller reproduces the recorded keyboard and mouse operation data according to the marks.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising a keyboard and mouse controller, transforming the keyboard and mouse signal into the keyboard and mouse operation data.

14. A method for recording/reproducing a keyboard and mouse operation data of a set of keyboard and mouse of a console for a connected computer, the method comprising the steps of:

recording keyboard and mouse operation data transformed from a keyboard and mouse operation signal;

marking events of the recorded operation data with marks while the operation data is stored; and

reproducing the recorded operation data for the computer according to the marks.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising a step of initializing the set of keyboard and mouse including zeroing the mark generator before the recording step.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the keyboard and mouse operation signal is transformed into the operation data by a keyboard and mouse controller coupled with the keyboard and mouse device.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising a step of selecting either the recorded operation data or the keyboard and mouse operation data from the keyboard and mouse controller before the step of reproducing the keyboard and mouse operation data.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising a step of emulating the keyboard and mouse to replay the keyboard and mouse operation to the computer after the step of reproducing the keyboard and mouse operation data.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the marks mark the events of the recorded operation data as intervals inbetween.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the marks are reference frequency indexes generated by a reference frequency generator.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the marks are counting indexes generated by a counter.