Patent ID: 7702825
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: initiating a suspend communication on a universal serial bus (USB) segment between a USB port of a first USB device and a USB port of a second USB device, wherein initiating the suspend communication includes sending a suspend command from the first USB device to the second USB device, and sending a suspend response from the second USB device to the first USB device in response to the suspend command; placing at least one of the USB port of the first device, the USB port of the second USB device, and the second USB device in a suspend state based on the suspend communication between the first USB device and the second USB device; and initiating a resume communication on the USB segment, wherein initiating the resume communication includes one of the first and second USB devices driving a signal on the USB segment, for less than one millisecond.