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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Albert J. Golko, Saratoga, CA (US);
Eric S. Jol, San Jose, CA (US);
Mathias W. Schmidt, El Granada, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device that includes a plug connector having a tab adapted to be inserted into a receptacle connector of a second device during a mating event, the tab including first and second opposing surfaces and a contact region formed at the first surface of the tab, the contact region including a plurality of contacts spaced apart along a first row, the plurality of contacts including a first contact, a power contact and a ground contact; a computer-readable memory having identification, configuration and authentication information relevant to the electronic device that can be communicated to the second device during a mating event stored therein; circuitry coupled to the first contact and configured to, after a mating event in which the plug connector is inserted into the receptacle connector, participate in a handshaking algorithm that includes receiving a command over the first contact from the second device and sending a response to the command that includes contact configuration information for the electronic device over the first contact to the second device; and power circuitry, coupled to the power contact, configured to deliver power to charge a device coupled to the electronic device via the plug connectors.