Patent ID: 11899600
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A serial connector adapter system, comprising:
a serial connector adapter device including:
a serial connector;
a first Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector; and
a serial communication request subsystem coupled to the serial connector and the first USB connector; and

a computing device including:
a second USB connector that is connected to the first USB connector;
a serial communication subsystem that is coupled to the second USB connector; and
a serial communication configuration subsystem that is coupled to the second USB connector and the serial communication subsystem, wherein the serial communication configuration subsystem is configured to:
identify, via a USB ground drain connection in the first USB connector and the second USB connector, the serial connector adapter device;
receive, using bi-directional communications with the serial communication request subsystem via the USB ground drain connection in the first USB connector and the second USB connector, a request for serial communications with the serial communication subsystem; and
configure, in response to receiving the request for serial communications with the serial communication subsystem, the serial communication subsystem to perform serial communications via the serial connector using one or more USB transmitter/receiver pair connections in the first USB connector and the second USB connector.