Monitor chaining and docking mechanism

A method for displaying data on a monitor, comprising:

• receiving, to a receiver on a circuit, a plurality of video streams, wherein each video stream comprises respective video data;
• determining, via a first mux/demux on the circuit, which video stream of the plurality of video streams is to be displayed on the monitor;
• routing the determined video stream to a low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) converter on the circuit;
• generating, via the LVDS converter, an LVDS signal based on the video data of the determined video stream, and sending the LVDS signal to an LVDS serializer/deserializer (SerDes) on the circuit, wherein the SerDes is configured to directly control a display panel of the monitor;
• generating, via the LVDS SerDes, a display signal based on the LVDS signal, and sending the display signal to the display panel of the monitor;
• routing, via the first mux/demux, a remainder of the video streams of the plurality of video streams to a transmitter on the circuit;
• sending, via the transmitter, the remainder of the video streams to a transmit physical interface on the circuit;
• transmitting, via the transmit physical interface, the remainder of the video streams as output, wherein the remainder of the video streams are useable as input to one or more additional monitors coupled to the monitor.

A system, comprising:

• two or more daisy chained monitors, each monitor respectively comprising or coupled to:
• a circuit, comprising:
• a receiver, configured to receive a signal comprising a plurality of video streams, wherein each video stream comprises respective video data;
• a first mux/demux, coupled to the receiver, wherein the first mux/demux is configured to determine which video stream of the plurality of video streams is to be displayed on the monitor;
• a low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) converter, coupled to the first mux/demux, wherein the LVDS converter is configured to generate an LVDS signal based on the video data of the determined video stream;
• an LVDS serializer/deserializer (SerDes), coupled to the LVDS converter, wherein the SerDes is configured to generate a display signal based on the LVDS signal and send the display signal to a display panel of the monitor;
• a transmitter, coupled to the first mux/demux;
• and
• a transmit physical interface, coupled to the transmitter, wherein the first mux/demux is further configured to send at least a remainder of the video streams of the plurality of video streams to the transmitter, wherein the transmitter is configured to send the at least a remainder of the video streams to the transmit physical interface, and wherein the transmit physical interface is configured to transmit the at least a remainder of the video streams as output, wherein the at least a remainder of the video streams are useable as input to one or more additional monitors coupled to the respective monitor;
• wherein a first monitor of the two or more monitors is coupled to a computer, and wherein the circuit of the first monitor is configured to:
• receive the plurality of video streams from the computer;
• extract and display a first video stream of the plurality of video streams;
• and
• transmit the at least a remainder of the plurality of video streams to a second monitor of the two or more monitors;
• and
• wherein the circuit of the second monitor is configured to:
• receive the at least a remainder of the plurality of video streams from the circuit of the first monitor;
• and
• extract and display a second video stream of the plurality of video streams;
• wherein the circuit of the second monitor is useable to transmit another at least a remainder of the plurality of video streams to respective circuits of one or more further monitors in a daisy chain manner.