Computing arrangement

• US 8,984,185 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2010
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vodafone GmbH (Vodafone Group PLC)
• Original Assignee: Vodafone GmbH (Vodafone Group PLC)
• Inventors: Lang, Thomas, Orehek, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsai, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shyu, Jing-Yih
• Application Number:
  US12/807,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20110246690A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,660 Days
• US Class Current: 710/62
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a computing arrangement (10), said computing arrangement (10) comprising a computer device (11), multiple input- and/or output-devices (14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22) attached to said computer device (11). In order to allow the parallel usage of multiple input- and/or output-devices which are attached to a computer device as peripheral devices, the computing arrangement (10) is characterized by a control device (20) for associating said multiple input- and/or output devices (14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22) to at least two different GUI (Graphical User Interface) instances.

Claims

1. A computing arrangement, said computing arrangement comprising a computer device, multiple input- and/or output-devices attached to said computer device, characterized by a control device for associating said multiple input- and/or output devices to at least two different GUI (Graphical User Interface) instances, wherein each GUI is an environment wherein programs, data files, options, applications and the like are graphically represented to a user, wherein said control device is a part of said computer device, wherein said control device groups a number of input- and/or output-devices to at least one device-cluster, wherein said control device associates at least two device-clusters to at least two different GUI instances, and wherein said control device comprises a distinguishing device for distinguishing between the user interactions of different users.

2. The computing arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one input-device is formed as a mouse and/or a keyboard.

3. The computing arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one output-device is formed as a display.

4. The computing arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that a number of input- and/or output-devices is grouped to at least one device-cluster.

5. The computing arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the computer device is formed as or arranged within a mobile phone and/or a handset and/or a mobile computer and/or a stationary computer.