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US 2013/0086284 A1Published application
Network interface based on detection of input combination interface
OwnerCharles N. Shaver, Shih-Wei Suninventors
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Abstract
A computing device includes an input combination interface and a network interface. The network interface is enabled and/or disabled based on the usage of the input combination interface.
Claims15
A computing device comprising:
- an input combination interface;
- a network interface;
- and
- a switching circuit to disable the network interface based on detection of usage of the input combination interface.
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A computing device comprising:
- an input combination interface;
- a network interface;
- a power interface to receive power;
- and
- a switching circuit to enable the network interface based on detection of the received power and absence of usage of the input combination interface, and disable the network interface based on detection of usage of the input combination interface.
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A method of operating a computing device comprising:
- detecting whether an input combination interface associated with the computing device is in use;
- and
- disabling a network interface associated with the computing device based on the usage of the input combination interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.