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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerome C Vernon, Visalia, CA (US);
Ben G Parsons, San Rafael, CA (US);
Assignee:
Support Systems International Corp., Richmond, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082503 ; 340711 ; 340717 ; 36470912 ; 235146 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for providing access to a computer via two or more alternative keyboard/monitor pairs. The invention comprises a switching box connected between the keyboard/monitor pairs and the computer for switching access between the keyboard/monitor pairs. Access is switched by depressing a key on the keyboard which a user wants to use. An automatic toggling function is executed which switches control to the keyboard upon which a key has been depressed.