Assigning input devices to specific sessions
US8190783B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/0382
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Architecture that allows programmatic association of devices to sessions and redirects input to the desired session. When the solution is active, input from the devices is not realized by the standard operating system input stack, thereby allowing even reserved key sequences such as Ctrl-Alt-Del to be intercepted and redirected to a desired session. Moreover, in addition to redirecting input to a specific session, the architecture facilitates the filtering of input from unwanted/unmapped devices, the interception and filtering or redirection of reserved key sequences such as Ctrl-Alt-Del, and the maintenance of input state for each session.
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