US Patent 11010204 Splitting input/output functions between multiple communication devices

A method, a data processing system (DPS) and a computer program product for splitting input/output (I/O) functions between several network-connected communication devices and the DPS. The method includes receiving, via a processor of a computing system, a first request for a first session from a first communication device, initiating the first session and receiving a second request for shared access to the first session from a second communication device. The method further includes initiating concurrent access to the first session for the second communication device and generating shared output data for the first session. The method further includes splitting the shared output data into first partial output data for the first communication device and second partial output data for the second communication device. The method further includes transmitting the first partial output data to the first communication device and transmitting the second partial output data to the second communication device.