Patent ID: 7970967

Claim:
A television for sharing a television screen, a plurality of console devices compliant with an industry standard, and at least one peripheral device with any computer in a plurality of computer systems, comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); a hub switch module coupled to the CPU and configured to communicate with any computer system in the plurality of computer systems and the at least one peripheral device for coupling the at least one peripheral device and any computer system in the plurality of computer systems, such that a signal passing from the hub switch module to the at least one peripheral device emulates origination from a computer; a host control module coupled to the CPU and configured to communicate with the plurality of console devices; and a video control module coupled to the CPU and configured to communicate with the television screen; wherein the plurality of console devices can be switched either synchronously or asynchronously with the at least one peripheral device to a same or different ones of the plurality of the computer systems without interruption of the signal to the one or more than one peripheral device.