Patent ID: 7945703

Claim:
A matrix architecture for transmitting keyboard, mouse signals generated by a plurality of console terminals and video signals generated by a plurality of computers via a broadcaster structure between the console terminals and the computers, the matrix architecture comprising: a plurality of extenders, each coupled to one of the console terminals, and coupled to the broadcaster structure via a network interface controller of the extender, transforming keyboard, mouse signals from the coupled console terminal into the keyboard, mouse data packets and transforming video data packets received from the broadcaster structure into video signals to be displayed on a monitor of the coupled console terminal, wherein each keyboard, mouse data packet has a source address associated with the coupled console terminal and a target address associated with one of the computers, wherein each video data packet has a source address associated with one of the computers and a target address associated with one of the console terminals; and a plurality of devices, each coupled to at least one of the computers, and coupled to the broadcaster structure via a network interface controller of the device, transmitting video data packets to the broadcaster structure and receiving keyboard, mouse data packets from the broadcaster structure, wherein each video data packet has a source address associated with a coupled computer and a target address associated with one of the console terminals, wherein each keyboard, mouse data packet has a source address associated with one of the console terminals and a target address associated with one of the computers, wherein the broadcaster structure broadcasts each keyboard, mouse data packet from any one of the extenders to all of the devices, and broadcast each video data packet from any one of the devices to all of the extenders, regardless of the target addresses in the data packets.