Mark A Nicolas

US Patent:

6256014, Jul 3, 2001

Filed:

May 5, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/564794

Inventors:

Christopher L. Thomas - Madison AL
Douglas D. Reed - Meridianville AL
David H. Stafford - Huntsville AL
Mark M. Nicolas - Huntsville AL

Assignee:

Avocent Corporation - Huntsville AL

International Classification:

G09G 508

US Classification:

345163

Abstract:

A multi-user KVM switch system is disclosed in which the KVM switch utilizes a pre-determined routine to determine which types of mice are connected to the KVM switch user ports. When the multiple mice communicate with a common computer via the KVM switch, the present invention provides a hierarchical mouse ranking structure which the KVM switch 13 uses to determine which of the disparate mouse driver types the KVM switch will emulate to the commonly selected computer. In this manner, disparate mouse types speaking to a common KVM switch and to a commonly selected computer by a mouse emulation type which is advantageously selected from a hierarchical ranking of mouse types in flash memory of the KVM switch.

US Patent:

20150081935, Mar 19, 2015

Filed:

Apr 3, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/390603

Inventors:

- Huntsville AL, US
Michael F. Lucero - Toney AL, US
Mark A. Nicolas - Madison AL, US

International Classification:

G06F 13/40
G06F 13/10

US Classification:

710 62

Abstract:

A remote access appliance is disclosed which provides electronic display identification data (EDID) information associated with a monitor which is communicating with the appliance, to any one of a plurality of remote computers in communication with the appliance, without requiring rebooting of a selected one of the remote computers. A plurality of multiplexers is controlled by a controller for interfacing a selected one of the computers to a display data channel (DDC) interface associated with the monitor. Memory devices are accessible by each of the computers and by the controller which store the EDID information. The controller controls the multiplexers so that any selected one of the computers can communicate with the monitor, and can access an associated one of the memory devices to obtain the stored EDID information, or such that the EDID information can be loaded into each of the memory devices.