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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
John W. Frederick, Spring, TX (US);
Syed S. Azam, Spring, TX (US);
Alexander Williams, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/382 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor that may access an assignment of a capability to a hardware port such as a Universal Serial Bus ('USB') port. The apparatus may virtualize a USB port, assign capabilities to the virtual USB port, and provide electrical communication via the USB port subject to the assigned capabilities. The electrical communication may include power delivered via the USB port, or data communicated via the USB port.