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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2016
Displaylink (Uk) Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Daniel Ellis, Cambridge, GB;
Mark Timothy Edmonds, Castelnau-le-Lez, FR;
DISPLAYLINK (UK) LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A method of controlling a docking station () having a wireless access point () having a network address for communicating with a mobile device () over a local area wireless network connection, a display controller () having a network address for processing video data for output to a display device () over a display-specific connection, and a USB controller () for processing USB data signals for output to one or more peripheral devices () over a USB connection. The method involves establishing a local area wireless network connection with the mobile device () and establishing a USB connection tunnelled over the local area wireless network connection with the mobile device (). The access point () transmits the network address of the display controller () to the mobile device () over the USB connection in response to a request for the network address of the display controller () from the mobile device (), thereby allowing the mobile device () to transmit at least video data over the local area wireless network connection addressed to the display controller () using the network address of the display controller () without using the USB connection.