ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,808, issued on May 13, was assigned to Synaptics Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Network-capable docking station" was invented by Jeffrey Lukanc (San Jose, Calif.), Ganesha Tekkatte (San Jose, Calif.), Xuexin Liu (San Jose, Calif.), Bradley C. Malemezian (Atlanta) and Mark E. Miller (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method performed by a docking station operable in a plurality of modes is disclosed. The method may include obtaining first data via a first interface of the docking station and second data via a second interface of the docking station, responsive to operating in a first mode of the plurality of modes. The...