Abstract: A method and system for switching signals over conductors is disclosed. The method and system comprises a plurality of encoders for receiving signals from a plurality of sources. The system further comprises a crosspoint switching matrix means for receiving encoded signals from the plurality of encoders and for providing encoded signals to a plurality of receivers. The crosspoint switching matrix means in a preferred embodiment includes a control system which is controlled by multiple remote receivers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 6, 1999
Date of Patent:
October 21, 2003
Assignee:
Pragmatic Communications Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Prasanna M. Shah, Robert L. Taber, Herbert J. Kniess
Abstract: A wireless interface system comprising a set of input ports for keyboard, pointing device, and joystick signals, a data encoding circuit, a transmission unit, a receiving unit, a data decoding circuit, a keyboard data multiplexer unit, a pointing device data multiplexer unit, a joystick signal multiplexer unit, and a set of output interfaces for connecting to the corresponding computer ports. This system allows for the user to have a keyboard, pointing device, and joystick remotely located from the computer, and each input device shares a single wireless communication link to send its data to the computer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 28, 1998
Date of Patent:
March 19, 2002
Assignee:
Pragmatic Communications Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Prasanna M. Shah, Robert L. Taber, Herbert J. Kniess