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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2001
Richard Louis Arndt, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Kimberlin Foster, Austin, TX (US);
Walter Manfred Lipp, Georgetown, TX (US);
Kerry Alan Lucas, Round Rock, TX (US);
Casey Lee Mccreary, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Bruce Mealey, Austin, TX (US);
Joshua Nathan Poimboeuf, Austin, TX (US);
Richard Louis Arndt, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Kimberlin Foster, Austin, TX (US);
Walter Manfred Lipp, Georgetown, TX (US);
Kerry Alan Lucas, Round Rock, TX (US);
Casey Lee McCreary, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Bruce Mealey, Austin, TX (US);
Joshua Nathan Poimboeuf, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing a computer system having a plurality of logical partitions with a virtual terminal is disclosed. The computer system is coupled to an external display device through a single communications interface. The method and system include allowing the logical partitions to share the communications interface by multiplexing communications to the display device for each of the logical partitions over the communication interface. Windows are displayed on the display device for each of the logical partitions, and the communications from each of the logical partitions is then routed to the corresponding window for display on the display device.