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Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2020
Applicant:

Targus International Llc, Anaheim, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ronald DeCamp, Long Beach, CA (US);

Dan Tsang, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Assignee:

TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC, Anaheim, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/4081 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); H04N 21/422 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hybrid docking station determines whether native video data exists and can be passed through to a video port or whether a virtual video processor should be activated to provide virtual video data to a video port. For example, a laptop is connected to a hybrid docking station using a USB™ 3.0 connection. The hybrid docking station recognizes that the USB™ 3.0 connection includes a native video data and passes the native video data to a DisplayPort™. By avoiding activating a virtualized video processor and using native video data, the laptop avoids installing software to communicate with the virtualized video processor and communicates with one or more displays using a native video channel. By avoiding installing software, it simplifies IT's and user's usage and experience with universal docking station.


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