ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,796, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Logitech Europe S.A. (Lausanne, Switzerland).
"Smart enumeration for a dongle" was invented by Srisenthilkumar Chandrasekaran (Chann, India), Prajith Puthiyedath Eringathody (Kerala, India) and Jang-Fu Chiang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus and method for smart enumeration of a dongle. An example method includes detecting a first communication interface of a dongle is in a first state. The method further includes establishing a communication link, with a host device, as a first type of device via a second communication interface o...