Patent ID: 7240111
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer management system comprising: a plurality of host computers; a user console having user interface devices including a keyboard, a cursor control device, and a video display unit, wherein the user console video display unit displays a visual representation of video signals from at least two of the plurality of host computers, each representation having a boundary; and a management device, operatively connecting the user console to the plurality of host computers, wherein the management device manages keyboard control signals and cursor control signals transmitted from the user console for providing access to any one of the plurality of host computers, and manages the video signals transmitted from each of the plurality of host computers for simultaneously displaying video signals from at least two of the plurality of host computers on the user console video display unit, wherein the management device automatically activates and allows access by the user console to any one of the plurality of host computers right after a user console pointer icon that is visually represented on the user console video display unit is moved within the boundary of the visual representation of video signals from that host computer that is displayed on the user console video display unit.