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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Musa I. Kakish, Anaheim, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
One aspect of a multiple data type interface device can include a plurality of upstream ports, wherein at least two of the upstream ports are of a different type, a plurality of downstream ports, wherein at least one of the plurality of downstream ports is configured to connect to an external device, and one or more processors configured to detect a connection at one of the plurality of upstream ports, and route an upstream port signal associated with one of the plurality of upstream ports to the at least one of the plurality of downstream ports configured to connect to the external device when the connection is detected at the one of the plurality of upstream.