Patent ID: 11892959
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is stored instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
access an identification of a universal serial bus (USB) port;
generate a representation of the USB port to virtualize the USB port;
access a request to assign a capability to the USB port;
store an association of the capability with the representation to assign the capability to the USB port responsive to the request; and
access, via a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a first representation of the USB port, an input that indicates an assignment of the capability to the USB port,

wherein electrical communication via the USB port is subject to the assigned capability.