Patent ID: 8166224
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus of a mobile device supporting a docking station, the apparatus comprising: a connection detector for performing a function for transitioning to a hotdock mode when a physical connection that enables docking with the docking station is detected; an undock execution unit for performing a function for transitioning from the hotdock mode to the undock mode when a transition command to an undock mode is detected in a state comprising the physical connection that enables docking with the docking station; and a hotdock execution unit for, while physically connected after transitioning from the hotdock mode to the undock mode, refreshing a signal for detecting the physical connection that enables docking with the docking station when a transition command to the hotdock mode is detected before a physical disconnection with the docking station, to transition from the undock mode in the state comprising the physical connection that enables docking to the hotdock mode.