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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2008
Steven F. Best, Acton, MA (US);
Robert J. Eggers, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Janice M. Girouard, Austin, TX (US);
Brian P. Sobocinski, Austin, TX (US);
Steven F. Best, Acton, MA (US);
Robert J. Eggers, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Janice M. Girouard, Austin, TX (US);
Brian P. Sobocinski, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and arrangements of monitoring applications active on a plurality of computers are discussed. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to connect a plurality of computing devices via a keyboard video mouse (KVM) switch and to detect applications active on the computing devices. In some embodiments, each computing device may be connected to a display separate from the KVM switch. The embodiment may include detecting applications signaling a user for attention and displaying a list of active applications of the plurality of computing devices in response to a command from the user. The displaying may include giving priority to the applications signaling a user for attention.