Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Peter Yen

Bart Downing

James Herbert

Walter G Fry

Wei H Dodd

Long H Huynh

David Lombard

Jeffrey W Diehl

Richard J Shepherd

Lester J Williams

Fred F Massoudian

A method for managing audio of a device including scanning for an audio controller of a docking station coupled to the device, determining whether an audio device is coupled to an audio interface of the docking station if the device is coupled to the audio controller, and transferring audio between the device and the audio controller of the docking station if the audio device is coupled to the audio interface of the docking station.

Audio controller of a docking station

A computer card comprising a first connector to enable the computer card to communicatively couple to an electronic device when the computer card is inserted into an externally accessible slot of the electronic device. The computer card further comprising an expansion slot configured to receive an expansion card therein. The computer card further comprising a second connector to facilitate coupling of a peripheral device to the computer card.

Computer card

A computer dock has a lock slot and media on which driver code is encoded. When a lock is inserted into the slot, it causes a switch to open so as to disconnect the media from a docking port of the dock. When the lock is not inserted into the slot, the media is connected to the docking port.

Computer dock providing for disconnecting media from docking port when lock is inserted

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Peter Yen