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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:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Duane A Koehler, Vancouver, WA (US);
David J Gembala, Portland, OR (US);
Mark Jon Westlund, Vancouver, WA (US);
Ed Tucker, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jerrod Houston Tyler, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1231 (2013.01); G03G 15/6502 (2013.01); G03G 21/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1282 (2013.01); G06K 15/16 (2013.01); G06K 15/4025 (2013.01); G03G 15/65 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1696 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example system includes a primary device and at least one auxiliary device connected in series with the primary device. The auxiliary device has an identifier indicative of a position of the auxiliary device in the series. The identifier is based on a resistance value associated with the auxiliary device, the resistance value being based at least in part on an upstream device in the series.