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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Julia Jacinta Busono, Woodinville, WA (US);
Robert Glenn Rundell, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of providing data communication between a first device and a second device includes, establishing a first communication link with a downstream device connected to the second device using a first mode via a USB-type interface, wherein in the first mode the USB-type interface utilizes a first set of USB communication lanes; establishing a second communication link with the first device via the USB-C port using an Alternate mode wherein the Alt-mode utilizes the first set of USB communication lanes; and, in accordance with establishing the second communication link, changing a mode of the first communication link so that the first communication link does not communicate via the first set of USB communication lanes.