Patent ID: 8478912

Claim:
A mobile computing device comprising: a housing; a connector provided on the housing, wherein the connector includes a body with an exterior surface, a plurality of contacts that are provided on the exterior surface, and a magnetic component positioned adjacent to the body; a processing resource comprising a data component and an audio component; and a data switching component comprising: a first switch having a first input coupled to a first contact of the plurality of contacts, a first output coupled to the data component, and a second output coupled to the audio component; a second switch having a second input coupled to a second contact of the plurality of contacts, a third output coupled to the data component, and a fourth output coupled to the audio component; a control logic to detect a voltage signal provided on a third contact of the plurality of contacts when a corresponding connector is mated to the connector, and based on the detected signal, control the first switch and the second switch to route a signal provided on the first contact and a signal provided on the second contact to either the data component or the audio component; wherein when the control logic routes the signal provided on the first contact and the signal provided on the second contact to the data component, the processing resource determines whether the first output coupled to the data component and the third output coupled to the data component are shorted.