Patent ID: 9032132
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for communication according to the Universal Serial Bus, USB, specification, comprising: a USB device that comprises a USB bus interface that connects to an upstream USB port and a USB logical device that provides first USB endpoints for upstream communication on a first channel; a USB host that comprises a USB host controller, that connects to a downstream USB port, and a USB driver that provides second USB endpoints for downstream communication on a second channel; wherein the USB host operates concurrently with the USB device; and a processor configured to communicate data between the first channel and the second channel via the first USB endpoints and the second USB endpoints, respectively; and wherein the processor is configured with a splitter to split a stream of data from the first endpoints of the first channel to respective second endpoints on the second channel and to a third channel; and wherein the splitter splits the stream of data to the second channel and the third channel in such a way that respective receivers connected to the second and third channels receive the stream of data originating from the first channel.