Reconfiguration of hubs to connect peripheral devices in video conferencing systems

A system comprising:

• a plurality of control devices to connect to a guest computing device;
• and
• an apparatus connected to the control device, the apparatus comprising:
• a hub including:
• a first input/output (I/O) connection connected to a peripheral device;
• a second I/O connection connected to a first conferencing application in a host computing device;
• a third I/O connection connected to the plurality of control devices to connect the peripheral device to a second conferencing application stored on the guest computing device via one of the plurality of control devices;
• and
• a control unit to reconfigure the hub to change a connection of the peripheral device from the first conferencing application to the second conferencing application, the control unit to reconfigure the hub based on a location of the guest computing device,
• wherein the location of the guest computing device is correlated to at least one of:
• an identity of one of the plurality of control devices that is connected to the guest computing device;
• or
• an identity of an I/O connection among a plurality of I/O connections on the one of the plurality of control devices that is connected to the guest computing device.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a control unit, an indication that a guest computing device is connected to a conferencing system, the conferencing system comprising a host computing device having a peripheral device and a plurality of control devices connected to the host computing device to connect to the guest computing device;
• receiving, by the control unit, an input to switch a mode of the conferencing system to a guest mode, the guest mode to reconnect the peripheral device from the host computing device to the guest computing device;
• based on the received input to switch to the guest mode, disconnecting, by the control unit, buses connected to a plurality of input/output (I/O) connections in the host computing device and the plurality of control devices;
• switching, by the control unit, an I/O connection that is connected to the guest computing device from a downstream facing port (DFP) to an upstream facing port (UFP) to receive data from the guest computing device based on a location of the guest computing device;
• and
• reconnecting, by the control unit, a device tree for the plurality of I/O connections based on the switched I/O connection while host computing device is disconnected from the peripheral device,
• wherein the location of the guest computing device is correlated to at least one of:
• an identity of one of the plurality of control devices that is connected to the guest computing device;
• or
• an identity of an I/O connection among the plurality of I/O connections on the one of the plurality of control devices that is connected to the guest computing device.