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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Scott M. Ramsey, Austin, TX (US);
Michael W. Kolb, Austin, TX (US);
Jinsaku Masuyama, Round Rock, TX (US);
Scott M. Ramsey, Austin, TX (US);
Michael W. Kolb, Austin, TX (US);
Jinsaku Masuyama, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for using a shared bus to control a keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) output is disclosed. The system may include a mid-plane having a video bus. At least one server module, including a video output module, may be placed in communications with the video bus. The video output module may transmit a video signal over the bus and receives a control signal over the bus. A management module may also be placed in communications with the video bus. The management module may receive the video signal from the server module via the bus and provide a control signal through the video bus to each server module. The control signal may activate or deactivate the video output module on each server module.