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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2018
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vijaykumar B. Kadgi, Portland, OR (US);
Tin-Cheung Kung, Folsom, CA (US);
Nivedita Aggarwal, Portland, OR (US);
Chia-Hung Kuo, Folsom, CA (US);
Prashant Sethi, Folsom, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Various techniques for enabling the control and monitoring of a USB device mode controller to a USB-C connector, for the performance of a USB device mode data connection, are disclosed herein. In an example, a computing system that includes multiple USB-C connectors but a single USB device mode controller may manage the availability of the controller to a particular connector. The computing system may determine availability of a USB device mode controller to control the first USB-C connector, wherein the attempted data connection occurs with the first USB-C connector configured as an upstream facing port. The computing system may further perform, in response, a data role swap of the first USB-C connector to configure the first USB-C connector as a downstream facing port. The computing system may, further continue the attempted data connection with the remote computing system via the first USB-C connector configured as a downstream facing port.