Automated keyboard mouse switch
US7385584B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/023
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A single set of input devices (keyboard, mouse, etc.) is employed with a plurality of data processing systems each having a separate display. The logical display areas for the displays are arranged in a contiguous array to have common boundaries, with an edge (e.g., a right boundary or a lower boundary) of one logical display area coinciding with an edge of another logical display area (e.g., a left boundary or an upper boundary). When a cursor controlled by a pointing device is moved past a logical display area boundary which the current active data processing system shares in common with another data processing system, the active data processing system to which input device signals are transmitted is automatically switched to the other data processing system. No manual switching or hot-key sequence by the user is required, and the active data processing system may be automatically switch among any of a number of data processing systems simply by moving the cursor across logical display area boundaries between the data processing systems.
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