Patent ID: 8050714

Claim:
A docking station for receiving a media player that has a receptacle connector, the docking station comprising: a housing; and a media bay comprising a media bay opening and a male plug connector, wherein the media bay opening is formed in the housing and adapted to receive the media player, and wherein the male plug connector is disposed in the media bay opening and configured to engage the receptacle connector of the media player, the male plug connector including: a connector housing designed to accommodate at least 30 contacts spaced apart in a single row of sequentially numbered contact locations, wherein the sequentially numbered contact locations include: Firewire contact locations 3, 5, 7 and 9 designated for Firewire signals; universal serial bus (USB) contact locations 4, 6, and 8 designated for USB signals; an accessory identify contact location 10 designated for an accessory identify signal that has an associated electrical pull down function to notify the media player of an accessory identification; serial protocol contact locations 18 and 19 designated for serial protocol signals; audio contact locations 27 and 28 designated for analog audio signals; and ground contact locations 1 and 30 designated for ground.