Adaptec, Inc.

Claudia Truesdell

Wai-Loong Lim

Jason Ivan

James Jianyun Zhou

Pamela Schure

A computer-implemented USB (Universal Serial Bus) monitoring and data displaying utility for monitoring and displaying information pertaining to a plurality of USB devices connected to a computer, the displaying being performed on a computer display screen communicably coupled to the computer, the information pertaining to the plurality of USB devices including status information pertaining to the plurality of USB devices. The USB utility includes a monitoring view implemented in a window of the computer display screen, the monitoring view including a set of condensed individual device information sections, each of the condensed individual device information sections displaying condensed information pertaining to one of the USB devices. The condensed information includes an identity of an associated USB device, and one of a hub identifier, a port identifier, and a data transfer indicator pertaining to the associated USB device, the hub identifier identifying a hub to which the associated USB device is currently connected, the port identifier identifying a port to which the associated USB device is currently connected, the data transfer indicator indicating whether data transfer currently takes place with respect to the associated USB device.

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E. Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Claudia Truesdell