METODO Y APARATO PARA CONTROL DE UN TECLADO DIVIDIDO

Un método para transmitir datos de transmisores múltiplesa un receptor común, y que comprende los siguientes pasos:Transmitir bytes de datos desde transmisiones múltiples al receptor común con protección de corrección de errores;Almacenar los bytes de datos transmitidos recibidos de los transmisores múltiples, en una memoria intermedia en el receptor común.Determinar, en el receptor común, si cada byte de datos almacenados es un byte válido con base en la protección de corrección de errores.1Un sistema de teclado que comprende:Al menos dos elementos de teclado para transmitir datos de códigos clave;Un receptor común para recibir los datos de códigos claves;medios para organizar los datos de códigos claves para ser procesados por el receptor común. A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing communication between and among multiple keyboards and a common host. The keyboards can be peers, transmitting to the host either independently (without provision for controlling interference) or cooperatively (communicating with each other prior to communicating with the common host). Alternatively, the keyboards can be prioritized, with lower-priority keyboards transmit to the host only when higher-priority keyboards are not, thereby avoiding interference with the higher-priority keyboards. Also, the keyboards can be prioritized with lower-priority keyboards communicating with the host only through the higher-priority keyboards, the higher-priority keyboards storing and forwarding data from the lower priority keyboards to higher-priority keyboards and/or the host. A method for organizing data from multiple keyboards for transmission to the host is also disclosed, in which the intended message is received by the host in the presence of interference.