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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Philip M. Kirshtein, New Market, AL (US);
Inventor:
Philip M. Kirshtein, New Market, AL (US);
Assignee:
Avocent Corporation, Huntsville, AL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A datalink for a system of N computers, and M monitors and peripheral devices is described. Separate state machines are provided for each switched computer, and separate state machines for each switched workstation, with a non-intrusive matrix switch disposed there-between. The matrix switch routes the peripheral data streams without intercepting them with a processor. The computer-side state machines and the workstation-side state machines are in a master/slave relationship, respectively, and communicate peripheral data using a half-duplex method of transfer.