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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
One-Gun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Woo-Jong Yoo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyun-Ho Park, Seoul, KR;
Ju-Pyo Hong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/4027 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus performs a method for connecting a mobile terminal to an external device. The method includes determining a connection method of the external device among a plurality of connection methods based on values of at least two ports among a plurality of ports included in a connector, and switching at least one switch included in the connection unit so as to connect to the external device according to the determined connection method of the external device.