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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1996
Atsushi Ueda, Ome, JP;
Toshio Hirosawa, Machida, JP;
Tsutomu Ito, Tukui-gun, JP;
Motohide Kokunishi, Hachioji, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An integrated console connected to a plurality of computer systems for sending a command entered from an input device to one of the computer systems which executes commands corresponding to the command from the input device and receiving signals that are output from the computer systems. The present invention includes a memory device which stores data used to select a destination of a command entered from the input device, and a control unit which analyzes the command entered from the input device and sends the command entered from the input device to a selected one of the computers which executes commands corresponding to the command entered from the input device based on the data stored in the memory device. The control unit includes a selector for selecting one of the computers based on the command input from the input device and the data stored in the memory device, and sending apparatus for sending the command input from the input device to the computer selected by the selector.