US 12,170,072 B2
System and method for auto switching video by system events
Gary D Cudak, Raleigh, NC (US); Mehul Shah, Austin, TX (US); Pravin S Patel, Cary, NC (US); and James Parsonese, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park (SG)
Filed by Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park (SG)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,460.
Prior Publication US 2024/0331657 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 5/006 (2013.01) [G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
monitoring a system state for each of two or more systems sharing an electronic display, wherein each of the two or more systems comprises a processor executing an instance of an operating system, wherein monitoring the system state for each of the two or more systems comprises monitoring system state information available from the instance of the operating system of each of the two or more systems;
selecting a system of the two or more systems sharing the electronic display in response to determining that a change has occurred in the system state of the of the selected system; and
switching an input of an input/output (“I/O”) switch to send data for display of one or more elements of the selected system to the electronic display.