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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2005
Sriram Sampath, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ara Bernardi, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Mohamed Bouchet, Redmond, WA (US);
John E. Parsons, Sammamish, WA (US);
Makarand V Patwardhan, Redmond, WA (US);
Sriram Sampath, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ara Bernardi, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Mohamed Bouchet, Redmond, WA (US);
John E. Parsons, Sammamish, WA (US);
Makarand V Patwardhan, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A workstation including a host machine and a plurality of consoles directly connected to the host machine. Each of the consoles are configured as a separate console, and each of the consoles include a respective input device adapted to receive input from a user and a respective output device adapted to provide output to the user. A method provided herein includes configuring the host machine to support a plurality of users concurrently on a plurality of consoles, and connecting each of the consoles directly to the host machine so as to enable direct communication therebetween.