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US 2016/0077549 A1Published application
Mass storage device operation
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKEVIN YUN-HSIANG WANG, SHIH-JUNG (SHAWN) HUANG
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Abstract
Activation of a release button is detected, where the release button is to separate a tablet computing device from a docking station while a mass storage device of the docking station is performing an operation. In response to the detection, power is maintained to the mass storage device from a battery of the docking station to complete the operation.
Claims15
A computing system comprising:
- a tablet computing device;
- a docking station to couple to the tablet computing device, the docking station comprising a mass storage device and a battery;
- a release, in the docking station, to separate the tablet computing device from the docking station;
- a controller in the docking station to control power to the mass storage device via the battery if the tablet computing device is separated from the docking station while the mass storage device is performing an operation.
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A method comprising:
- detecting that a release button of a docking station is activated to separate a tablet computing device from the docking station while a mass storage device of the docking station is performing an operation;
- and
- maintaining power to the .mass storage device from a battery of the docking station to complete the operation in response to the detection.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a controller of a docking station, causes the controller to:
- detect whether a release button is activated to separate a tablet computing device from the docking station while an access operation to a mass storage device of the docking station is in progress;
- enable power to the mass storage device to complete the access operation, if the tablet computing device is separated from, the docking station;
- and
- disable power to the mass storage device upon completion of the access operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.