METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING SHARING DEVICE CONNECTIONS

Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating sharing device connections across multiple physical and/or virtual (logical) computers. A method may include receiving a USB device request from a virtual host controller driver of a client when a host is not in a power save mode and passing a US...

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Main Authors SOHN TIMOTHY YOUNGJIN, SHI WEIDONG, AVASTHI ADHYAS, NAIR SREEKUMAR RAMAKRISHNAN, JACOBSON QUINN ABLE, KUO CYNTHIA, HINMAN RACHEL BETH
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.03.2013
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating sharing device connections across multiple physical and/or virtual (logical) computers. A method may include receiving a USB device request from a virtual host controller driver of a client when a host is not in a power save mode and passing a USB device request to a host controller driver of the client when the host is in a power save mode. A method may also include activating a sharing switch of a host controller to connect a device connection port to the host when the host is not in a power save mode and to connect the device connection port to the client when the host is in a power save mode. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113233537