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US 8,078,973 B1Granted
Visual indication of a device connection speed
AssigneeCypress Semiconductor Corporation
InventorsEric J. Luttmann, Dave Gilbert
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Abstract
A method of providing visual indication of a device connection speed proceeds by determining a connection speed of the device and selecting a visual indicator representative of the connection speed. Once the appropriate indicator has been selected, the visual indicator is then displayed.
Claims14
A method of providing visual indication of a device connection speed level, the method comprising:
- determining a connection speed level of a device;
- selecting, using the determined connection speed level, a visual indicator from a plurality of visual indicators, the visual indicator being representative of the determined connection speed level and graphically indicates a type of the device;
- and
- displaying the visual indicator in a desktop window of a computer operating system, wherein the visual indicator comprises a graphic icon and the desktop window provides access to a file system.
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A system configured to visually represent a device connection speed level, the system comprising:
- a host;
- a peripheral device connected to the host;
- means for determining a connection speed level of the peripheral device;
- means for selecting a visual indicator from a plurality of visual indicators, based on the determined connection speed level, the visual indicator corresponding to the connection speed level and graphically indicates a type of the peripheral device;
- and
- a display unit configured to display the selected visual indicator in a desktop window of a computer operating system, wherein the visual indicator comprises a graphic icon displayed on the display unit, and the desktop window provides access to a file system.
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A method of visually representing a speed of a USB-connected device, the method comprising:
- determining an enumerated speed of a USB device connected to a host;
- selecting, using the determined enumerated speed of the USB device, a graphic icon from a plurality of graphical icons, the selected graphic icon being representative of the determined enumerated speed and graphically indicates a type of the USB device;
- and
- displaying the selected graphic icon in a desktop window that provides access to a file system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.