US 12,105,593 B2
USB port reboot controls
Binh T. Truong, Spring, TX (US); and Aaron Sanders, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Filed by HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/965,711.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126650 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1417 (2013.01) [G06F 11/2221 (2013.01); G06F 11/2284 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device, comprising:
a universal serial bus (USB) port, wherein the USB port provides power to a connected device;
a basic input/output system (BIOS); and
a controller communicatively coupled to the BIOS, wherein the controller is to:
receive a port reboot setting from the BIOS, wherein the port reboot setting includes at least a power-off time period for the USB port; and
in response to a reboot of the computing device, power off the USB port for the power-off time period defined in the port reboot setting.