Patent ID: 8966134
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring data among a plurality of electronic devices comprising: forming a first tunnel in a host device, the first tunnel for conveying data for a first electronic device and a second electronic device; using a first physical cable as a physical path for the first tunnel to transmit the data for the first electronic device and the second electronic device from the host device to the first electronic device; receiving the data for the first electronic device and the second electronic device at the first electronic device using a first switching circuit in the first electronic device; passing the data for the first electronic device and the second electronic device from the first switching circuit to a second switching circuit in the first electronic device; providing the data for the first electronic device to circuitry in the first electronic device using the second switching circuit; forming a second tunnel in the first electronic device using the second switching circuit, the second tunnel for conveying data for the second electronic device; passing the data for the second electronic device from the second switching circuit to the first switching circuit; using a second physical cable as a path for the second tunnel to transmit the data for the second electronic device from the first switching circuit in the first electronic device to the second electronic device; and receiving the data for the second electronic device at the second electronic device.