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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Anurag Chelamchirayil Muraleedharan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eyal Hakoun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A mobile device and method for synchronizing use of the mobile device's communications port among a plurality of applications are provided. In one embodiment, a mobile device is provided comprising a communications port configured to connect with a mobile device accessory and a processor. The processor is configured to synchronize requests from a plurality of applications running on the mobile device to prevent application(s) from sending a request that would interrupt an ongoing data transfer between the mobile device accessory and another application. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.