System and method for configuring a multi-user computer system
US7030836B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 22, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0489
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for configuring collections of non-display, input and output devices and display devices in a multi-user computer system. Initially, the invention heuristically creates at least two collections of non-display devices, each of which includes a keyboard, by analyzing connection patterns of each of the non-display devices to the computer data buses. Display devices are added to each collection by causing a user prompt to appear on a display, and then causing the display to be associated with the collection of the keyboard that is used to respond to the prompt. Each display device is associated with a particular collection in this manner. Thus, the collections are constructed by a heuristic methodology relative to the non-display devices, and manually relative to the display devices.
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