Computer network having multiple remotely located human interfaces sharing a common computing system
US6119146A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/351
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer network having multiple remotely located human interfaces which share a common computing system which appears, to each of the human interfaces, as a virtual computer dedicated to that human interface. The computer network includes a processor subsystem and a plurality of nodes, each coupled to the processor subsystem and having a remotely located human interface comprised of a video monitor and an I/O device coupled thereto. Each one of the nodes further incudes a first interface device coupled to the processor subsystem and to a transmission line while each of the human interfaces further includes a second interface device coupled to the video monitor, the I/O device and the transmission line. The computer network further includes a memory subsystem coupled to the processor subsystem and having a plurality of memory areas, each corresponding to one of the plurality of nodes. Using information stored in each one of the plurality of memory areas, the processor subsystem appears, to the corresponding one of the plurality of nodes, as a dedicated processor for the human interface coupled to the node.
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