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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2005
Sree M. Iyer, San Jose, CA (US);
Larry L. Jones, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Arockiyaswamy Venkidu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sree M. Iyer, San Jose, CA (US);
Larry L. Jones, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Arockiyaswamy Venkidu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
MCM Portfolio LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus that includes a serial port configured to interface with a separate host, one serial interface engine (SIE) connected to the serial port, and at least a first interface unit and a second interface unit connected to the one serial interface engine. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a virtual hub comprising a firmware unit configured to emulate a hub having multiple ports. In another alternative embodiment, the apparatus is a Universal Serial Bus (USB) peripheral and the serial port is a Universal Serial Bus port. In another alternative embodiment, apparatus is housed within a keyboard.