Patent ID: 8364866

Claim:
A method comprising employing a processor of a device hub to: detect a first device electrically coupled to a first connector of a plurality of connectors disposed on a casing of the device hub, wherein the first device is structured to perform a portion of a function; detect a second device electrically coupled to a second connector of the plurality of connectors disposed on the casing of the device hub, wherein the second device is structured to perform a portion of the function; detect a characteristic of an assembly comprised of the first device, the second device and the device hub, the characteristic of the assembly being selected from a group consisting of: a locality of the first device detected by detecting which connector of the plurality of connectors disposed on the casing of the device hub through which the first device is electrically coupled to the device hub; an orientation of the casing of the device hub relative to a direction of a gravitational pull; and a position of the first device relative to a reference point of the casing of the device hub; and intervene in a test performed by a third device electrically coupled to the device hub by which the third device attempts to detect a device structured to perform the function, wherein intervening in the test comprises employing the processor of the device hub to prevent the third device from detecting the first and second devices and to falsely present the device hub to the third device as being a device structured to perform the function.