Routing and converting traffic based on communication protocols
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMark A Lessman, Glen Douglas Dower, Christopher Tabarez
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Abstract
In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system is described that includes a hub for routing data traffic between a first computing device and a second computing device. A detection device of the system detects a communication protocol between the computing devices. A switch of the system routes traffic directly between the computing devices when a first communication protocol is detected. When a second communication protocol is detected, the switch re-routes traffic of the first type from the first computing device back to the hub to convert the traffic of the first type to a second type and routes converted traffic directly to the second computing device.
Claims15
A system, comprising:
- a hub for routing data traffic between a first computing device and a second computing device;
- a detection device to detect a communication protocol between the computing devices;
- and
- a switch to:
- when a first communication protocol is detected, route traffic directly between the computing devices;
- and
- when a second communication protocol is detected:
- re-route traffic of a first type from the first computing device to a translator to convert the traffic of the first type to a second type;
- and
- pass converted traffic directly to the second computing device.
A method, comprising:
- detecting a communication protocol between a first computing device and a second computing device;
- when a first communication protocol is detected, establishing a direct data transmission path through a first port of a hub between the first computing device and the second computing device for traffic of a second type;
- when a second communication protocol is detected:
- receiving, at a switch, traffic of a first type to re-route the traffic of the first type;
- re-routing the traffic of the first type to a dedicated downstream port of the hub;
- converting the traffic of the first type to the second type along the way;
- receiving, at the switch, the converted traffic from the hub, wherein the converted traffic is of the second type and includes the traffic of the first type after conversion to the second type;
- and
- passing converted traffic to the first port.
An enhanced reality headset, comprising:
- a hub comprising:
- an upstream port to:
- selectively transmit universal serial bus (USB) 2 traffic directly to a host computing device;
- and
- transmit USB 3 traffic directly to the host computing device;
- a first downstream port to receive traffic from a component of the enhanced reality headset;
- a second downstream port to receive, and transmit to the upstream port, converted USB 3 traffic;
- a microcontroller to detect a communication protocol between the host computing device and the enhanced reality headset;
- a switch to:
- when a first communication protocol is detected, route traffic directly to the host computing device through the upstream port;
- and
- when a second communication protocol is detected,
- receive the USB 2 traffic to re-route the USB 2 traffic;
- re-route the USB 2 traffic from the component to the second downstream port;
- receive the USB 3 traffic converted from the USB 2 traffic;
- and
- a translator to, during re-routing of the USB 2 traffic, convert the USB 2 traffic to USB 3 traffic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.