Patent ID: 8990442
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A receptacle, comprising: contacts to receive a plug communicatively coupled to a peripheral device; a control channel communicatively coupled to one or more of the contacts, the control channel to receive a signal related to conditions of the peripheral device including a first bus type and a second bus type of the peripheral device; and a controller communicatively coupled to the control channel to determine the conditions of the peripheral device and configure the contacts of the receptacle based on the determined conditions, wherein the controller is to configure the contacts of the receptacle comprising to route a first set of contacts corresponding to the first bus type to a first interface and to route a second set of contacts corresponding to the second bus type to a second interface, wherein the receptacle is communicatively coupled to a host computing device, and wherein the conditions comprise a request by the peripheral device to reconfigure one of the first or second set of contacts dynamically during communication between the host computing device and the peripheral device.