SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GRAPHICS TERMINAL MULTIPLIER
First Claim
1. A terminal multiplier system, said terminal multiplier system comprising:
- an interface component configured to bi-directionally communicate data with a server system;
a control system connected to the interface component and configured to;
receive output data from the server; and
distribute the output data to a terminal interface circuit identified by an address included with the output data; and
a plurality of terminal interface circuits, each terminal interface circuit configured to process the output data and provide processed output data to a corresponding thin-client terminal connected to the terminal interface circuit, each terminal interface circuit comprising;
a screen buffer to store a digital representation of a video display of the thin-client terminal, andan input interface to receive input information from the thin-client terminal,the control system being further configured to aggregate the input information received by the plurality of terminal interface circuits, andthe interface component being further configured to receive the aggregated input information from the control system and transmit the aggregated input information to the server.
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Abstract
Thin-client terminal systems allow server computer systems to be shared by multiple computer users. However, thin-client terminal systems that use analog signals can only be placed a limited distance from the main server computer system. On the other hand, thin-client terminal systems that rely purely on digital signals can be expensive to produce. A thin-client multiplier that combines the two different approaches communicates digitally with main server computer system such that it can be placed any distance from the main server computer system. The thin-client multiplier also provides output information received from the server system and electrical power to analog thin-client terminal systems and receives input information from the analog thin-client terminal systems. The received input information is provided to the server system for processing.
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23 Claims
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1. A terminal multiplier system, said terminal multiplier system comprising:
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an interface component configured to bi-directionally communicate data with a server system; a control system connected to the interface component and configured to; receive output data from the server; and distribute the output data to a terminal interface circuit identified by an address included with the output data; and a plurality of terminal interface circuits, each terminal interface circuit configured to process the output data and provide processed output data to a corresponding thin-client terminal connected to the terminal interface circuit, each terminal interface circuit comprising; a screen buffer to store a digital representation of a video display of the thin-client terminal, and an input interface to receive input information from the thin-client terminal, the control system being further configured to aggregate the input information received by the plurality of terminal interface circuits, and the interface component being further configured to receive the aggregated input information from the control system and transmit the aggregated input information to the server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of interacting with a server system, said method comprising:
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receiving output data from the server system on a bi-directional digital interface, the output data associated with one of a plurality of thin-client terminals; processing the output data with a control system; and passing the output data to one of a plurality of terminal interface circuits, the one of the plurality of terminal interface circuits identified by an address included with the output data, each terminal interface circuit for processing the output data and providing processed output data to a corresponding thin-client terminal of the plurality of thin-client terminal systems, the each terminal interface circuit comprising a screen buffer for storing a digital representation of a video display for the corresponding thin-client terminal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A terminal multiplier system, comprising:
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a control system configured to receive output data for a plurality of thin-client terminals from a server system; a plurality of terminal interface circuits, each terminal interface circuit configured to; receive output data for a corresponding thin-client terminal from the control system; and provide processed output data to the corresponding thin-client terminal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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