Patent ID: 7890688
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A docking station for interfacing one or more peripheral devices with a portable device if a portable device is docked on the docking station, the docking station comprising: a circuit board (CB) having electrical circuitry thereon for communicating with one or more peripheral devices via one or more peripheral device input/output (I/O) ports of the docking station and for communicating via at least one high-speed serial I/O port of the docking station with a portable device if the portable device is docked on the docking station, wherein the high-speed serial I/O port provides a serial connection for interfacing the docking station with a high-speed serial communications link that also interfaces with a high-speed serial I/O port of a portable device if a portable device is docked on the docking station, the high-speed serial I/O port of the portable device comprising at least one serializer/deserializer (SerDes) component; a housing, wherein the CB is secured within the housing; and at least one serializer/deserializer (SerDes) component connected to the electrical circuitry of the CB of the docking station, wherein serial bit streams received over the high-speed serial communications link via the high-speed serial I/O port of the docking station are input to the SerDes component of the docking station, the SerDes component of the docking station being configured to convert a serial bit stream input thereto into parallel bits, the electrical circuitry of the CB being configured to send one or more of the converted bits to one or more of the peripheral device I/O ports of the docking station.