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System and method for using a shared bus for video communications

  • US 7,398,293 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2002
  • Issued: 07/08/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer system, comprising:

  • a mid-plane including a shared bus, the mid-plane having a plurality of server slots, each server slot operable to receive a server module;

    at least one server module coupled to a mid-plane server slot and including a keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) device in communication with the shared bus, the KVM device operable to transmit a video signal over the shared bus and to receive control signals from the shared bus;

    a management module in communication with the shared bus, the management module operable to receive the video signal from each server module connected to the mid-plane via the shared bus and to provide the control signals through the shared bus to each server module to activate and deactivate the KVM device on each server module;

    wherein the management module is configured to receive a KVM connection from a user interface and further configured to enable communications between a particular server module and the KVM connection via the shared bus.

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