Docking stations
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorRoger D. Benson
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Abstract
An example docking station includes a network interface controller. The network interface controller is to communicatively couple the docking station to a network. The docking station also includes a controller to manage the docking station. The docking station includes a hub communicatively coupled to the network interface controller and the controller. The hub is to communicatively couple to a computing device. The controller is to instruct the hub to use the computing device as a master based on the computing device being communicatively coupled to the hub and to instruct the hub to use the controller as the master based on the computing device not being communicatively coupled to the hub.
Claims15
A docking station comprising:
- a network interface controller to communicatively couple the docking station to a network;
- a controller to manage the docking station;
- and
- a hub communicatively coupled to the network interface controller and the controller, the hub to communicatively couple to a computing device,
- the controller to cause the hub to use the computing device as a master based on the computing device being communicatively coupled to the hub and to cause the hub to use the controller as the master based on the computing device not being communicatively coupled to the hub.
A method, comprising:
- transitioning a hub of a docking station from using a computing device as a master to using a docking station controller as the master;
- receiving, at the docking station, an update for the docking station;
- and
- installing, by the docking station controller, the update on the docking station.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- detect disconnection of a computing device from a docking station;
- instruct a hub of the docking station to enter a reset state;
- instruct the hub to configure itself to use the processor as a master, wherein the hub was configured to use the computing device as the master prior to the disconnection of the computing device;
- and
- instruct the hub to exit the reset state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.