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US 2010/0169511 A1Published application
Universal serial bus host to host communications
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRobert A. Dunstan, Gary A. Solomon, Joseph A. Schaefer
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Abstract
In some embodiments a detector detects a host or device coupled via a link. A port negotiates with a port of the detected host or device and determines whether to operate as a host and/or as a device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a detector to detect a host or device coupled via a link;
- and
- a port to negotiate with a port of the detected host or device and to determine whether to operate as a host and/or as a device.
A system comprising:
- a first host;
- a second host;
- and
- wherein the second host includes:
- a detector to detect the first host coupled to the second host via a link;
- and
- a port to negotiate with a port of the first host and to determine whether to operate the second host as a host and/or as a device.
4 more elements
A method comprising:
- detecting a host or device coupled via a link;
- negotiating with a port of the detected host or device;
- and
- determining whether to operate as a host and/or as a device in response to the negotiating.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.