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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robin T Castell, Houston, TX (US);
Richard E Hodges, Houston, TX (US);
Scott P Saunders, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/409 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01);
Abstract
Examples disclosed herein provide for the detection of an orientation of a device docked to a docking station for the device. Based on the orientation, the device may route logic on the device so that connection points on the device to make contact with connection points on the docking station are properly mapped to input/output ports on the docking station.