Handoff of electronic accessory between surgical consoles

A surgical system comprising:

• an input device;
• and
• a first surgical console and a second surgical console communicatively coupled with each other,
• wherein the first surgical console comprises a first controller configured to:
• receive a first input from the input device during a first time period in which the first surgical console is assigned ownership of the input device, wherein the second surgical console is non-responsive to the first input during the first time period;
• control operations of the first surgical console based on the first input;
• and
• transfer, responsive to receiving a transfer indication, the ownership of the input device to the second surgical console;
• wherein the second surgical console comprises a second controller configured to:
• receive a second input from the input device during a second time period in which the second surgical console is assigned ownership of the input device, wherein the first surgical console is non-responsive to the second input during the second time period;
• control operations of the second surgical console based on the second input.