Patent ID: 9383772
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A docking station comprising: a controller, having a linking switch; a wireless communication module, coupled to the controller, and being configured to establish at least one wireless link with an external portable electronic device; a relay, having a control terminal and multiple rows of change-over contacts, wherein each row of change-over contacts has a common terminal, a normally-open contact and a normally-closed contact, and the control terminal and the normally-open contacts are coupled to the controller; a first universal serial bus (USB) connector, coupled to the common terminals of the relay for connecting the external portable electronic device; a USB switch, having a common end and two option ends for switching either of the two option ends to the common end, and one of the option ends being coupled to the controller; a USB hub, coupled to the common end of the USB switch for linking an external USB device; a second USB connector, coupled to another one of the two option ends of the USB switch for connecting USB signals from an external computer; an audio/video (AV) converter, coupled to the normally-closed contacts of the relay for converting first AV data into second AV data; an AV switch, having two AV inputs and an AV output for switching one of the two AV inputs to the AV output, and one of the two AV inputs being coupled to the AV converter; a first AV connector, coupled to another one of the two AV inputs of the AV switch for inputting a third AV data from the external computer; and a second AV connector, coupled to the AV output of the AV switch for outputting either of the second AV data and the third AV data; wherein the relay normally connects the first USB connector to the AV converter for transferring the first AV data from the external portable electronic device to the AV converter, the controller makes the relay switch through the control terminal while the linking switch is being operated, and then the controller links the external portable electronic device connected to the first USB connector, and the wireless communication module establishes the at least one wireless link with the external portable electronic device.