Apparatus and System for Managing Multiple Computers
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Abstract
A switching device and system for interconnecting a single user console having user interface devices, including a console keyboard, a console video display unit, a console mouse, and speakers to a plurality of host computers each capable of using user interface devices, including a keyboard, a video display unit, and a mouse, and allowing the user to access one or more of the host computers from the single user console. The video output from each of the host computers are scaled and cropped as appropriate so that each of the host computer'"'"'s video output may be simultaneously displayed as host computer “windows” on the console video display unit. The user may easily navigate between the host computers through a convenient and intuitive user interface. The audio output from each of the host computers may be mixed or switched for output to the speakers as desired.
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64 Claims
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31. A computer management system comprising:
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a plurality of host computers;
a user console having associated user interface devices including a keyboard, a cursor control device, and a video display unit; and
a management device operatively connecting the user console to the plurality of host computers, wherein the management device manages keyboard control signals and cursor control signals transmitted from the user console to the plurality of host computers, buffers incoming video frames received from the plurality of host computers, and permits selective user manipulation of the incoming video frames;
wherein, the management device enables simultaneous display of selectively manipulated incoming video frames of plural ones of the plurality of host computers on the user console video display unit, enables simultaneous communication of cursor control signals to plural ones of the plurality of host computers, and enables communication of keyboard control signals to a selected one of the plurality of host computers. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. In a computer management system comprising a plurality of host computers and a user console having user interface devices including a keyboard, a cursor control device, and a video display unit, a management device operatively connects the user console to the plurality of host computers, wherein the management device manages keyboard control signals and cursor control signals transmitted from the user console to the plurality of host computers, buffers incoming video frames received from the plurality of host computers, and permits selective user manipulation of the video frames;
wherein, the management device enables simultaneous display of selectively manipulated video frames of plural ones of the plurality of host computers on the user console video display unit, enables simultaneous communication of cursor control signals to plural ones of the plurality of host computers, and enables communication of keyboard control signals to a selected one of the plurality of host computers. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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