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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2022
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Timothy M. Lambert, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey L Kennedy, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A serial connector adapter system includes a serial connector adapter device connected to a computing device. The serial connector adapter device includes a serial communication request subsystem coupled to a serial connector and a first USB connector. The computing device includes a second USB connector connected to the first USB connector, a serial communication subsystem coupled to the second USB connector, and a serial communication configuration subsystem coupled to the second USB connector and the serial communication subsystem. The serial communication configuration uses a USB ground drain connection in the first and second USB connectors subsystems to identify the serial connector adapter device and perform bi-directional communications to receive a request for serial communications with the serial communication subsystem and, in response, configures the serial communication subsystem to perform serial communications via the serial connector using USB transmitter/receiver pair connections in the first and second USB connectors.