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

Claim 13:
14. A method for performing serial communications, comprising:
identifying, by a serial communication configuration subsystem in a computing device via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) ground drain connection in a first USB connector on the computing device and a second USB connector that is connected to the first USB connector, a serial connector adapter device that includes the second USB connector;
receiving, by the serial communication configuration subsystem using bi-directional communications with the serial connector adapter device via the USB ground drain connection in the first USB connector and the second USB connector, a request for serial communications with a serial communication subsystem that is included in the computing device; and
configuring, by the serial communication configuration subsystem in response to receiving the request for serial communications with the serial communication subsystem, the serial communication subsystem to perform serial communications via a serial connector included on the serial connector adapter device using one or more USB transmitter/receiver pair connections in the first USB connector and the second USB connector.