US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Aug. 4 for "Systems and methods of controlling communication modes in an electronic device" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,667, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Systems and methods of controlling communication modes in an electronic device" was invented by Julia Jacinta Busono (Woodinville, Wash.) and Robert Glenn Rundell (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing data communication between a first device and a second device includes, establishing a first communication link with a downstream device connected to the second device using a first mode via a USB-type interface, wherein in the first mode the USB-type interface utilizes a first set of USB communication lanes; estab...