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                            Usbseat

This is a fully plug-and-play multiseat solution that uses the Plugable's
Docking Station with Video [0]. This solution is based on a USB hierarchy makes
an controlled environment, and this turns the problem easier to be solved. A USB
hierarchy is a way of dispose the devices, a set of devices (keyboard, mouse,
...) are attached in one USB HUB and this HUB is associated to one user, making
one seat. The Plugable Docking station  are more useful to make a USB hierarchy
because the video is also in the HUB, so the seats are totally separated. This
kind of solution has some problems: Those USB HUBS must be fully plug-and-play,
because user doesn't want to manually reconfigure the devices every time a USB
HUB is detached from the machine.

A USB Multiseat solution based on Plugable HUBS has another advantage, and this
is the main attraction to end users, the cost/benefit.  The USB terminals
themselves are a significant cost savings over buying even low-costs netbooks.
The cost of maintaining PCs goes way down, as many terminals share a single
server. Plug and play nature also provides big savings.  This solution is
perfect to "office user", in other words, those users who only use browsers,
messengers, text editors and other common applications like these.

[0]: http://plugable.com/products/ud-160-a/