Input device with multi-host switching
AssigneeLogitech Europe S.A.
InventorsPhilippe Chazot, Laurent Mealares, Jiri Holzbecher
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system of switching a wireless connection between a plurality of input devices and a first host device to at least a second host device. Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for switching multiple, independently connected data input devices from a first host computing device to a second host computing device together based on a single command or operation.
Claims20
A method of switching wireless connections between a plurality of data input devices and a plurality of host computing devices, the method comprising:
- establishing a first wireless connection between a first data input device and a first host computing device from the plurality of host computing devices, and independently establishing a second wireless connection between a second data input device and the first host computing device;
- receiving an indication to switch the first wireless connection of the first data input device from the first host computing device to a second host computing device from the plurality of host computing devices;
- and
- sending a command to the second data input device to switch the second wireless connection from the first host computing device to the second host computing device.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of host computing devices;
- and
- a plurality of data input devices, wherein the plurality of data input devices are connected to one of the plurality of host computing devices using a method comprising:
- establishing a first wireless connection between a first data input device and a first host computing device from the plurality of host computing devices, and a second wireless connection between a second data input device and the first host computing device;
- receiving an indication from a first data input device to switch the first wireless connection from the first host computing device to a second host computing device from the plurality of host computing devices;
- and
- sending a command to a second data input device to switch the second wireless connection from the first host computing device to the second host computing device.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of host computing devices;
- a plurality of data input devices;
- and
- a gateway device, the gateway device configured to send data between the plurality of host computing devices and the plurality of data input devices, wherein the gateway device is configured to switch a wireless connection between the plurality of data input devices and the plurality of host computing devices using a method comprising:
- establishing the wireless connection between the plurality of data input devices and a first host computing device from the plurality of host computing devices;
- receiving an indication from a first data input device from the plurality of data input devices to switch the wireless connection from the first host computing device to a second host computing device from the plurality of host computing devices;
- and
- sending, by the gateway device, commands to each additional data input device of the plurality of data input devices instructing each of the additional data input devices to independently connect to the second host computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.