Patent ID: 7146449

Claim:
A system comprising: a wireless peripheral device; and a computer system composed of: a power supply; a docking station; a power switch that couples the power supply to the docking station; an IDentification Signal Receiver (IDSR); and a Peripheral Device Locking Logic (PDLL), wherein the wireless peripheral device is a docked peripheral device that is docked in the docking station, and wherein the PDLL initializes communication only with the docked peripheral device, wherein the PDLL includes logic to: receive from the IDSR a first list of all peripheral devices within range of the IDSR, stop a transmission of an IDentification (ID) signal from the docked peripheral device, and subsequently receive from the IDSR a second list of peripheral devices within range of the IDSR, wherein the second list of peripheral devices excludes the ID signal from the docked peripheral device, wherein the PDLL determines the ID of the docked peripheral by contrasting the first and second lists.