Patent ID: 8425258
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for connecting a computing device to different types of mobile devices, comprising: an enclosure; a USB hub within the enclosure; a plurality of mobile device cables, each mobile device cable having a first end coupled to the USB hub and a second end having an external device connector; each external device connector for connecting to a mobile device external to the enclosure; a slide having a proximal end and a distal end, the slide being coupled to the enclosure, wherein the slide slides from a closed position wherein the proximal and distal ends of the slide and the plurality of mobile device cables are enclosed in the enclosure to an extended position wherein the distal end of the slide and the plurality of mobile device cables extend outside the enclosure; and a USB cable having a first end coupled to the USB hub and a second end for connecting to the computing device; wherein the computing device extracts data from a mobile device coupled to the external device connector of one of the plurality of mobile device cables.