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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:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2011
Ming-te Chang, New Taipei, TW;
Ming-Te Chang, New Taipei, TW;
Ours Technology Inc., Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An apparatus for peer-to-peer communication over a Universal Serial Bus (USB) link, the apparatus comprising a USB 3.0 compliant switch to be coupled between a first peer unit and a second peer unit to form a first path, wherein each of the first peer unit and the second peer unit supports a USB type of communication a USB 2.0 compliant bridge to be coupled between the first peer unit and the second peer unit to form a second path a detector to detect the USB type of each of the first peer unit and the second peer unit and a controller to establish the USB type of communication between the first peer unit and the second peer unit over a USB link via the first path or the second path, wherein the controller is configure to selectively switch the USB link to the first path or the second path based on the USB types of the first peer unit and the second peer unit.
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