Patent
1992-03-19
1994-05-03
Richardson, Robert L.
395275, G06F 1300
Patent
active
053095642
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to network apparatus for the interconnecting personal computers and workstations, for the purpose of efficiently sharing the use of multimedia type computer applications such as programs and files. Multimedia computer programs are those that display on the user's monitor, text information, computer generated graphical information, and all type of picture image information both moving and still images. Disclosed is apparatus for deploying user input/output components of said personal computers and workstations at a desktop location several kilometers from the physical location of said personal computers. The invention embodied herein uses fiber optics transmission and user controlled optical switching. User control is via the Public Switched Telephone Network. The invention provides three advantages to a user such as an educational institution, software savings, hardware savings, and software security.
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Bradley Graham C.
Florence Everett L.
Stretton Alton O.
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