Patent ID: 8671235
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A switch device for communications between a user console and one or more computers and one or more WPAN (wireless personal area network) master devices, the user console including one or more user input devices and a monitor, the switch device comprising: a console interface for connecting to the user console, including a first input device connector for connecting to the user input devices of the user console and a first video connector for connecting to the monitor of the user console; a computer interface including one or more computer ports for connecting to the one or more computers via non-wireless connections, respectively, each computer port including a second input device connector and a second video connector; a wireless interface for wireless communication with the one or more WPAN master devices using a predefined wireless communication technology; a controller coupled to the console interface, the computer interface and the wireless interface, wherein in response to a first selection command selecting one of the one or more computer ports, the controller transmits input device data from the first input device connector of the console interface to the second input device connector of a selected one of the one or more computer ports, whereby the input device data controls the computer connected to the selected computer port, and wherein in response to a second selection command selecting one of the one or more WPAN master devices, the controller converts input device data received from the first input device connector of the console interface into data compliant with the predefined wireless communication standard, and transmits the converted data to the WPAN master device via the wireless interface by acting as a slave of the WPAN master device according to the predefined wireless communication standard, whereby the input device data controls the selected one of the one or more WPAN master devices; and a video switch coupled to the computer interface and the console interface, wherein in response to the first selection command, the video switch transmits video data from the second video connector of the selected one of the one or more computer ports to the first video connector of the console interface, whereby video signals from the computer connected to the selected computer port is displayed on the monitor of the user console, and wherein the video switch transmits no video signal from the wireless interface to the first video connector of the console interface in response to the second selection command.