Patent ID: 8793414

Claim:
A method, comprising: operating a first computer using a plurality of input/output devices over input/output signal paths passing through a KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch positioned between the first computer and the plurality of input/output devices; switching input/output signal paths passing through the KVM switch for the plurality of input/output devices to be between a second computer and the plurality of input/output devices instead of between the first computer and the plurality of input/output devices; operating the second computer using the plurality of input/output devices over the switched input/output signal paths passing through the KVM switch positioned between the second computer and the plurality of input/output devices; passing status data over signal paths passing through the KVM switch wherein the status data represents status information for at least one of the first and second computers; and storing the status data passing through the KVM switch in a memory coupled to the KVM switch; wherein one of said plurality of input/output devices is a mouse pointing device, said memory is a removable flash memory card, and said mouse has a memory slot adapted to receive said flash memory card, and wherein said status data is saved as a text file on said flash memory card for each computer of said first and second computers and wherein said text file of status data for each computer of said first and second computers includes an IP address of the associated computer as a unique identifier and differentiator between status information for each computer of said first and second computers.