Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Ligy Kurian

Paul L Drew

James A Jensen

Liqun Chen

Manuel Novoa

Wael M Ibrahim

Terrell Wade Aubert

In one example, a docking station includes a base and a rotatable multi-plug connector to electrically plug into the electronic device. The multi-plug connector includes a first plug to plug into a first type of electronic device port and a second plug to plug into a second type of electronic device port. The multi-plug connector can be rotated between a first position in which the first plug is oriented to plug into the electronic device and a second position in which the second plug is oriented to plug into the electronic device.

Docking station with rotatable multi-plug connector

A system comprises a processor which executes an operating system and an application. The system also comprises a keyboard coupled to the processor. The keyboard and application share a shared secret that is used to encode keyboard data provided from the keyboard to the application. The shared secret is not known or accessible to the operating system.

Shared secret used between keyboard and application

An electronic system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the electronic system comprises a wireless communication adapter that includes an antenna for transmitting and/or receiving information and a connector configured to enable selective mating engagement of the connector with a connection port of an electronic device. In one embodiment, the wireless communication adapter is configured to communicate information between first and second electronic devices via the antenna. Other electronic systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

Wireless communication system utilizing wireless adapter

The present invention features an electronic component system. The electronic component system can be a computer system. The system includes a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system enables information to be communicated wirelessly between separate components of the system. The wireless communication system includes a dongle. The dongle has an antenna for transmitting and/or receiving information and an electrical connector for mating engagement with an electrical connector on at least one of the separate devices. The wireless communication system can utilize bluetooth wireless communication technology.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

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