Patent ID: 6957287

Claim:
A signal switch for sharing a video monitor, a plurality of console devices compliant with an industry standard and one or more than one peripheral device in any of a plurality of computer systems, comprising: a CPU comprising a first memory for storing a management program for managing the signal switch; a hub switch module connected to the CPU and configured to communicate with any of the plurality of computer systems, and the one or more than one peripheral device, such that a signal passing from the hub switch module to the one or more than one peripheral device emulates origination from a computer; a device control module for emulating according to the industry standard the plurality of console devices, connected to the CPU and the hub switch module; a host control module connected to the CPU and configured to communicate with the plurality of console devices; and a video control module connected to the CPU and configured to communicate with a video monitor device; wherein the console devices can be switched either synchronously or asynchronously with the one or more than one peripheral device to the same one of the plurality of computer systems or to different ones of the plurality of computer systems, without interruption of the signal to the one or more than one peripheral device.