Connect mac via thunderbolt

Hello,
I was messing around with my 2011 imac, retina display macbook pro and a thunderbolt cable. I wondered wether it would be possible for the to computers to be "connected", not via any target mode (display or disc). just connected, i know it sounds weird but i think it would be cool to work on both computers with one mouse and keyboard. This way i dont have to switch from one pc to another. Besides using 1 keyboard, sharing files would be super easy.
I was wondering if a function like this exists. If not, apple please look in to it. I hate restarting my macbook or imac for file transfer via thunderbolt...
Thanks in advance!

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