Patent ID: 6983340

Claim:
A system for extending a separation range of a keyboard, a video display and a mouse from a PC, the system comprising: a PC having an expansion slot therein; said PC having PC-mounted conventional keyboard, video display and mouse connectors thereon configured for coupling with conventional keyboard, video display and mouse connection cables; said expansion slot being configured for provision of power and digital information when said expansion slot is occupied; a keyboard, video display and mouse extender expansion card which is configured for combining and separating keyboard, video display and mouse signals; said keyboard, video display and mouse extender expansion card disposed in said expansion slot, and receiving power therefrom, but not communicating said keyboard, video display and mouse signals through said expansion slot; said keyboard, video display and mouse extender expansion card having extender card mounted conventional keyboard, video display and mouse connectors thereon which are coupled to said PC-mounted conventional keyboard, video display and mouse connectors via connecting cables having conventional keyboard, video display and mouse connectors thereon, so that signals output from said PC are looped back and become inputs to said keyboard, video display and mouse extender expansion card; said keyboard, video display and mouse extender expansion card further having an extender card mounted elongated cable jack for receiving an elongated cable therein which carries previously independent keyboard, video display and mouse signals which have been combined; said elongated cable having a first end and a second end; and, a remote module/receiver/transmitter coupled to said second end of said elongated cable, said remote module/receiver/transmitter adapted and configured to combine previously independent signals into a combined signal and to separate earlier combined signals for distribution to keyboard, video display and mouse devices.