Intel Corporation

Steve McGowan

John I Garney

Prashant R Chandra

Ajay V Bhatt

Ramamurthy Krithivas

Kevin C Kahn

Sharma Upadhyayula

A device, method, and system are disclosed. In one embodiment the device includes a router to transmit data packets between multiple host controllers and one or more peripheral devices. The router can receive a data packet from a host controller and transmit the data packet to a peripheral device across a data transmission path. The peripheral device is coupled to the first data transmission path through a first universal multi-transport medium (UMTM) connector. The connector includes an optical coupling capable of transporting the first data packet within an optical signal and an electrical coupling capable of transporting the first data packet within an electrical signal.

Unified multi-transport medium connector architecture

A method and apparatus for encapsulating universal serial bus (USB) messaging over a link layer communication protocol is disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, the human interface device (HID) protocol is encapsulated in Bluetooth baseband protocol for wireless transmission between a peripheral device and a host computer.

Method and apparatus for encapsulating universal serial bus messaging over link layer communication protocol

A system and method are disclosed for power management that reduces computer power consumption by causing a low power state ('suspend' mode) to be entered by specific, peripheral device-related computer components, wherein the components enter the suspend mode after a short period of peripheral device inactivity and are able to resume to an 'active' mode quickly without losing information entered into the peripheral device during the transition from the suspend mode to the active mode. To prevent loss of information during the transition, a peripheral memory device is utilized to store the information inputted during the transition and to deliver the information upon reaching the active mode.

Method and apparatus for lossless resume capability with peripheral devices

A method for recognizing an overcurrent event in a universal serial bus is described. The method comprises the step of monitoring communication between a first layer and a second layer of the software layers of the universal serial bus. The method further comprises the step of generating a data structure configured to store the communication between the first layer and the second layer. The method also comprises the step of parsing the data structure to locate a data transition indicating the overcurrent event.

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Steve McGowan