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US 12,579,080 B2Granted
Output method and device
AssigneeLenovo (Beijing) Limited
InventorsShuang Han, Hsiang-I Chen
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Abstract
An output device includes an interaction interface configured to be connected to an interaction device, a first interface group configured to be connected to a first processing device, a second interface group configured to be connected to a second processing device, an output apparatus, and a processing apparatus configured to switch the output device between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the output apparatus outputs media data from the first processing device, and interaction data is transmitted between the first processing device and the interaction device. In the second mode, the output apparatus outputs media data from the second processing device, and the interaction data is transmitted between the second processing device and the interaction device.
Claims10
An output device comprising:
- an interaction interface configured to be connected to an interaction device;
- a first interface group configured to be connected to a first processing device;
- a second interface group configured to be connected to a second processing device, the second interface group including a data interface supporting interaction data transmission and a media interface supporting media data transmission, the second interface group being identified based on correlating device identification information of the second processing device with a universal serial bus (USB) hub identification associated with the data interface and extended display identification data (EDID) associated with the media interface, data identifying the second interface group including data indicative of the correlation of the device identification information of the second processing device with the USB hub identification and the EDID being received from the second processing device;
- an output apparatus;
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- a processing apparatus configured to:
- switch the output device between:
- a first mode, in which the output apparatus outputs media data from the first processing device, and interaction data is transmitted between the first processing device and the interaction device;
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- a second mode, in which the output apparatus outputs media data from the second processing device, and the interaction data is transmitted between the second processing device and the interaction device;
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- in response to the output device being in the second mode, control the media interface to be connected to the output apparatus, and control the data interface to be connected to the interaction interface, wherein in response to a switch into the second mode, the connection of the media interface to the output apparatus and the connection of the data interface to the interaction interface are automatically established based on the correlation of the device identification information of the second processing device with the USB hub identification and the EDID.
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An output method comprising:
- while an output device is in a first mode, obtaining first media data from a first processing device, outputting the first media data to an output apparatus of the output device, and controlling transmission of interaction data between the first processing device and an interaction device connected to the output device;
- determining an interface group, of the output device, that is connected to a second processing device, the interface group including a data interface supporting interaction data transmission and a media interface supporting media data transmission, the interface group being determined based on correlating device identification information of the second processing device with a universal serial bus (USB) hub identification associated with the data interface and extended display identification data (EDID) associated with the media interface, data identifying the interface group including data indicative of the correlation of the device identification information of the second processing device with the USB hub identification and the EDID being received from the second processing device;
- switching the output device from the first mode to a second mode;
- in response to the switching of the output device from the first mode to the second mode, automatically establishing a connection of the media interface to the output apparatus and a connection of the data interface to the interaction device based on the correlation of the device identification information of the second processing device with the USB hub identification and the EDID;
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- while the output device is in the second mode, obtaining second media data from the second processing device, outputting the second media data to the output apparatus, and controlling transmission of the interaction data between the second processing device and the interaction device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.