Quanta Computer Incorporated

Yen-Chun Chang

Tsan-Nan Chien

A portable computer system includes a portable computer and an integrated device both having wireless data transmission interface. The integrated device is connected to various peripheral devices with different interfaces and controlled by corresponding external port signals. When the portable computer wants to access the peripheral devices, a signal processor integrates and encodes all the external port signals to generate a single encoded signal to be fed to the integrated devices via the wireless transmission interface. After the integrated device receives the encoded signal, a signal processor decodes it to reproduce individual external port signals to be transferred to each corresponding peripheral device to control the operation thereof. During the encoding process, the signal processor may set the priorities according to the properties of each signal and add the identification information of the portable computer. Then, the signal processor integrates the priorities, identification information and all external port signals and produces the encoded signal. Since the encoded signal includes the user information, different users may simultaneously access the peripherals to achieve the object of peripheral-sharing.

Portable computer system having wireless transmission for operating plurality of peripheral devices having external port signals that produce encoded priority signals

A portable computer can be selectively configured with a first hard disk or a second hard disk. The portable computer includes a controller, an interface connector, and a second interface adapter. The controller includes a first interface controlling unit and a second interface controlling, for respectively controlling the first hard disk and the second hard disk. The interface connector, electrically coupled with the first interface controlling unit and the second interface controlling unit, can be selectively electrically coupled with the first hard disk or the second hard disk. Parts of the ground pins and the floating pins of the interface connector are provided for transmitting signals to the second hard disk. Parts of the ground pins and the power pins are commonly used by the first and the second hard disks.

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Yen-Chun Chang