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Patent No.:

US 10719469 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2017

Inband messaging method for integrated type-c universal serial bus detection using enhanced serial peripheral interconnect

Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Zhenyu Zhu, Folsom, CA (US);

Mikal C Hunsaker, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);

Christopher J. Lake, Folsom, CA (US);

Kie Woon Lim, Bayan Lepas, MY;

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:

NDWE, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Getente A Yimer

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/364 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 13/364 (2013.01); G06F 13/404 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method implemented by a system on a chip (SOC) system executing an enhance serial peripheral interconnect (eSPI) master. The method to receive an alert from an eSPI slave, send a get out of band message to the eSPI slave, and receive an out of band message from the eSPI slave including a connection or disconnection command. The method enabling the SOC to include an embedded multiplexor for managing the role of a universal serial bus (USB) Type-C connector.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Zhu, Zhenyu. (2020). Inband messaging method for integrated type-c universal serial bus detection using enhanced serial peripheral interconnect (U.S. Patent No. 10719469). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10719469

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