ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING DATA TRANSMISSION INTERFACE CAPABLE OF RECEIVING EXTERNAL POWER AND TRANSMITTING ELECTRONIC DATA

• US 20120068538A1
• Filed: 09/20/2010
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CyWee Group Ltd.
• Original Assignee: CyWee Group Ltd.
• Inventors: Ye, Zhou, Chen, Tsung-Yu
• Application Number:
  US12/886,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20120068538A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/43
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries

Abstract

The present invention is related to an electronic device capable of transmitting electronic data and receiving power input via at least one data transmission interface and the method thereof. The electronic device of the present invention utilizes data transmission interfaces of different standards to receive electrical power as well as electronic data via said different data transmission interfaces simultaneously. The first data transmission interface circuit is configured to receive electric power from a first external power source and the second data transmission interface is configured to receive electric power from a second external power source.

Claims

1. An electronic device capable of receiving at least one power input utilizing at least one data transmission interface, comprising:

a first data transmission interface of the at least one data transmission interface configured to receive a first power input of the at least one power input from a first external power source; and

a second data transmission interface of the at least one data transmission interface configured to receive a second power input of the at least one power input from a second external power source; and

wherein the first data transmission interface is of a first data transmission standard different from a second data transmission standard of the second data transmission interface.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first data transmission interface is configured to transmit data to an externally connected entertainment system, and the first external power source is disposed in the entertainment system.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the second external power source is disposed in the entertainment system.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the second data transmission interface is configured to transmit data between the electronic device and the entertainment system.

5. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the second external power source is disposed in an externally connected portable electronic device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first data transmission interface comprises HDMI interface.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the electronic device comprises an HDMI dongle.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second data transmission interface comprises an USB interface.

9. A method of supplying electrical power to an electronic device with, comprising the steps of:

configuring a first data transmission interface to receive a first power input from a first external power source;

configuring a second data transmission interface to receive a second power input from a second external power source; and

wherein the first data transmission interface is of a first data transmission standard different from a second data transmission standard of the second data transmission interface.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of configuring the first data transmission interface to transmit data between the electronic device and an entertainment system, and the first external power source is disposed in the entertainment system.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of configuring the second data transmission interface to transmit data between the electronic device and the entertainment system.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the first data transmission interface comprises an HDMI interface.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the electronic device comprises a HDMI dongle.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the second data transmission interface comprises an USB interface.