Patent ID: 8688431

Claim:
A detachable audio device comprising: a first connector to be coupled to a second connector of a computer system; an interface controller coupled to the first connector; a first processing device; and a first storage storing a sequence of instructions that when executed by the first processing device causes the first processing device to: operate the interface controller to simulate coupling of a first audio controller to the computer system through the first and second connectors at a time when the first and second connectors are coupled to trigger a first performance of a device discovery procedure through the second connector by a second processing device of the computer system; and operate the interface controller to respond to the first performance of the device discovery procedure through the second connector by the second processing device by providing the computer system a first device identity data through the first and second connectors, wherein the first device identity data presents the detachable audio device as comprising the first audio controller to enable acoustic output of audio by the computer system through the detachable audio device to trigger an operating system executed by the second processing device to employ a first audio driver in acoustically outputting audio to cause the computer system to employ the detachable audio device in acoustically outputting audio.