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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2016
Displaylink (Uk) Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Douglas Morse, Houghton, GB;
DISPLAYLINK (UK) LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A method of controlling a docking station () to wake a mobile device () from a sleep mode, the mobile device () having a data module that is powered off in sleep mode and is capable of transferring data to/from the docking station () over a data connection. The mobile device () also includes at least one of a power module () that is powered on in sleep mode and that is capable of receiving power over a power transfer connection () from a power source () in the docking station () and a sort-range wireless communication module () that is powered on in sleep mode and that is capable of transferring data over a short-range wireless connection (). The method involves receiving, by the docking station () over a Local Area Network, LAN connection, a wake-up message destined for the mobile device (), generating, by the docking station (), in response to receiving the wake-up message, a wake-up control signal for transmittal over the power transfer connection () or over the sort-range wireless connection () to the mobile device (), and transmitting the wake-up control signal, from the docking station (), over the power transfer connection () or over the sort-range wireless connection () to the mobile device ().