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US 2012/0268650 A1Published application
System and method for a thin-client terminal system using a serial bus
AssigneenComputing Inc.
InventorsYoung Gil Song, Stephen Dukker
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Abstract
Thin-client terminal systems allow computer systems to be shared by multiple computer users. With modern technology, the cost of implementing a thin-client terminal system can be very low. To expand the market for thin-client terminal systems, a serial bus interface is used to couple a thin-client terminal system to a computer system.
Claims23
A thin-client terminal system, comprising:
- a serial bus hub coupled to a server system via a serial bus cable and configured to:
- receive serial output data from the server system via the serial bus cable;
- transmit input data via the serial bus cable to the server system;
- and
- identify the serial bus hub as associated with the thin-client terminal system;
- a first serial bus interface communicatively coupled to the serial bus hub and configured to receive the input data from an input device;
- and
- a serial bus-to-video circuit configured to:
- convert received serial output data into a video signal;
- and
- render a first video display device using the video signal, the first video display device connected to the thin-client terminal system.
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A server system for supporting a thin-client terminal system, the server system comprising:
- a video subsystem comprising:
- a screen buffer configured to store video data for the thin-client terminal system;
- and
- a serial bus video driver configured to drive a video signal to the thin-client terminal system using the stored video data;
- a thin-client input driver configured to process input data received from the thin-client terminal system;
- and
- a serial bus host controller configured to transmit the video signal to a serial bus hub of the thin-client terminal system.
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A thin-client terminal system, comprising:
- means for connecting the thin-client terminal system to a thin-client server system;
- means for identifying the connecting means as associated with the thin-client terminal system;
- means for receiving output data from the thin-client server system;
- means for transmitting user input data to the thin-client server system;
- first means for receiving the user input data;
- means for converting the received output data into a video signal;
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- means for rendering a first video display device using the video signal.
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A method of providing a thin-client terminal system, the method comprising:
- connecting a serial bus hub to a serial bus host controller in a server system;
- transmitting an identifier to the serial bus host controller identifying the serial bus hub as being associated with the thin-client terminal system;
- receiving serial output data from the server system;
- converting received serial output data into a video signal;
- rendering a first video display device using the video signal;
- and
- transmitting user input data via the serial bus hub to the thin-client server system, the user input data received by a serial bus interface communicatively coupled to the serial bus hub.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.