Patent ID: 8749481

Claim:
A method for producing an option menu for display on a video monitor in a computer management system to facilitate selection and control of any of a plurality of remote devices from a user workstation of the type including a keyboard, cursor control device and video display, said method performed by a processing of an option n menu circuit and comprising the steps of: sending control signals and synchronization signals to a plurality of first on-screen display circuits; sending control signals and synchronization signals to a plurality of second on-screen display circuits; receiving first red, green and blue digital video signals generated by each of two or more-of said first on-screen display circuits that represent an option menu for display on said video display; receiving second red, green and blue digital video signals generated by said second on-screen display circuits that represent a cursor within said option menu, said cursor for use in selecting an item from said option menu; selectably combining the first red, green and blue digital video signals generated by each of said two or more first on-screen display circuits according to a mode index of the display to form a non-cursor portion of the option menu; combining the selectively-combined first red, green and blue digital video signals of the first on-screen display circuits with the second red, green and blue digital video signals generated by the second on-screen display circuits; and transmitting a single, combined red, green and blue digital video signal for conversion and display on the display of the user workstation.