US 11,726,941 B2
System and method for modular management gateway apparatus
Joerg Weedermann, Santa Clara, CA (US); Haralson K. Reeves, Jr., Gadsden, AL (US); Donald A. Sturgeon, Huntsville, AL (US); and Agustin Roca, Gainesville, FL (US)
Assigned to VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC., Huntsville, AL (US)
Filed by VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC., Huntsville, AL (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,946.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/228,950, filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040451 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/4068 (2013.01) [G06F 13/105 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular management gateway apparatus forming a standalone keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) remote access appliance configured to receive keyboard and mouse signals from a user operated device having a keyboard and a mouse, and to transmit the keyboard and mouse signals in a first direction to a target device located remotely from the KVM remote access appliance, and to receive video signals transmitted back from the target device in a second direction, and to transmit the received video signals back to the user operated device, the apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a field programmable gate array (FPGA) housed within the housing;
a network uplink port mounted on the housing and in communication with the FPGA, and configured to receive an external network cable to enable communication between the user operated device and the apparatus via a network, and to simultaneously provide power to the apparatus;
a memory housed within the housing for containing a software module for carrying out at least one operating feature of the apparatus;
a video compression hardware and software subsystem housed within the housing for providing a transfer of 4K video received from the target device, in the second direction, to the user operated device between the apparatus and the target device;
a USB-C port mounted on the housing and configured to enable video signals and serial data to be communicated between the apparatus and the target device, and to enable keyboard and mouse signals received from the user operated device to be passed by the apparatus to the target device; and
each of the video compression hardware and software subsystem, the memory and the FPGA able to be separately powered using power received at the network uplink port when the external network cable is coupled to the network uplink port.