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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2016
Applicant:

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;

Inventors:

Luke Remis, Raleigh, NC (US);

Mark E. Andresen, Cary, NC (US);

Wilson Velez, Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 12/0684 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus, system, method, and program product for verifying a communication bus connection to a peripheral device are disclosed. The apparatus includes a data module that receives, over a communication bus, an identifier for a location where a peripheral device is installed. The peripheral device is communicatively coupled to an information handling device using the communication bus. The apparatus includes a verification module that compares the identifier received over the communication bus to a predefined identifier associated with the communication bus. The apparatus includes a notification module that sends a notification in response to the identifier received over the communication bus not matching the predefined identifier associated with the communication bus.


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