US 11,809,229 B2
Managing docking stations
William George Roose, Ely (GB)
Assigned to SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/152,755.
Prior Publication US 2022/0229468 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 15/78 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [G06F 1/166 (2013.01); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 15/7871 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A docking station comprising:
one or more inputs for connecting the docking station to one or more user devices;
one or more interfaces for connecting the docking station to one or more peripheral devices or a network;
a memory storing a set of docking station specific settings that are associated with the docking station; and
one or more processors configured to:
obtain identity information from a first user device connected to the docking station, the identity information indicating an identity of the first user device and an identity of a user associated with the first user device;
obtain a first configuration set of a plurality of configuration sets based at least in part on the identity information obtained from the first user device, the first configuration set indicating one or more settings, each associated with a respective peripheral device;
determine whether each of the one or more settings indicated by the first configuration set is relevant based at least in part on whether the peripheral device associated with the respective setting is connected to the docking station;
compare the first configuration set with the set of docking station specific settings; and
configure a set of peripheral devices connected to the docking station based at least in part on each setting, of the one or more settings, determined to be relevant and based at least in part on the comparison of the first configuration set with the set of docking station specific settings.