Patent ID: 9727517
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A dockee device for wireless docking to a host device, the host device being configured for coupling to at least one peripheral device, the dockee device comprising: a dockee communication unit for accommodating wireless communication, and a dockee processor arranged for wireless docking to the host device for getting access to at least one actual peripheral device, the dockee processor being configured for providing at least one virtual peripheral device in a virtual docking environment, the virtual peripheral device having a peripheral device privacy level configured by assigning the peripheral device privacy level to the virtual peripheral device, the peripheral device privacy level defining a level of confidentiality that is indicative of a relation between a user of the dockee device and other persons having access to a respective peripheral device, when docking, mapping the at least one virtual peripheral device on the at least one actual peripheral device, the mapping comprising assigning the peripheral device privacy level to the at least one actual peripheral device, and when docked, controlling data transfer with the at least one actual peripheral device according to the peripheral device privacy level.