KVMP switch allowing asynchronous and synchronous switching for console devices and peripheral devices among different computers
US8176226B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 5, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/14
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A signal switch for sharing a video monitor, a plurality of console devices compliant with an industry standard and one or more than one peripheral device in any of a plurality of computer systems, is provided. A KVM switch allows all the computers connected to the switch to share any USB peripheral devices, and which can switch the KVM channels and peripheral channels to a common computer or to different computers either asynchronously or synchronously without interruption of data flow to that peripheral when the switch is changed. In another embodiment the KVM switch allows a keyboard and a mouse of a user console to separately control two different computers. In another embodiment, the KVM switch is connected to the computers via computer connection modules and connected to a user console and peripheral devices via a console connection module.
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