Patent ID: 11860807
Assignee: WINSTARS TECHNOLOGY LTD
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. A universal serial bus (USB) data communication device based on a hybrid USB Network, comprising: a docking station terminal and a client terminal, wherein the docking station terminal comprises:
a monitoring command obtaining unit, configured to obtain a USB data monitoring command carrying an operation mode;
a communication status monitoring unit, configured to monitor a data communication status of a USB input and output interface when the operation mode is an automatic mode;
a data monitoring unit, configured to monitor data of a network input data interface of a network module in the docking station terminal when the data communication status is a no input and output information status;
a network data conversion unit, configured to, when the network input data interface obtains a data sending request sent by the client terminal via the hybrid USB Network, wherein the data sending request comprises network data and a target transmission device, convert the network data into USB communication data via a soft switching module in the docking station terminal; and
a USB communication data sending unit, configured to send, via a USB output data interface, the USB communication data to the target transmission device; and
wherein the client terminal comprises:
a docking station terminal finding request unit, configured to send a docking station terminal finding request to the hybrid USB Network via a network module in the client terminal;
a communication channel forming unit, configured to connect to the docking station terminal to form a communication channel between the client terminal and the docking station terminal, when there is any docking station terminal on the hybrid USB Network;
a data sending request sending unit, configured to send the data sending request to the docking station terminal via the hybrid USB Network; and
a network data sending unit, configured to send the network data to the target transmission device via the docking station terminal on the hybrid USB Network when the communication channel is in a sharing mode;

wherein a software module in the docking station terminal comprises:
a USB device management tree, a USB device manager, a terminal connector, and a client terminal connecting manager.