Adaptec, Inc.

Jason Ivan

Wai-Loong Lim

Pamela Schure

Michael Barry

Ray McKinnon

James Jianyun Zhou

Claudia Truesdell

John Hoving

Earl Daley

A hub for expanding peripheral device connectivity in a computer system is provided. The hub includes a hub body which has a front side, a back side, and peripheral surfaces. The peripheral surfaces include a top peripheral surface, a bottom peripheral surface and a pair of side peripheral surfaces. A plurality of connection ports are defined in the bottom peripheral surface. Each of the plurality of connection ports enables the connection of cables. A stand is defined by a shaft that extends between a first shaft end and a second shaft end. The first and second shaft ends attach to the hub body at each of the pair of side peripheral surfaces to support the hub body in a semi-vertical orientation. The stand includes an integral loop for holding the cables that extend away from the plurality of connection ports.

Modular peripheral device hub

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.

Systems and methods for monitoring and displaying I/O data for plurality of I/O devices

Combined computer USB hub device and stand

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Jason Ivan