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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael Richard Durham, Spring, TX (US);
Mark Andrew Piwonka, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 1/3212 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 1/3212 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example computing device includes: an option card receptacle to receive an option card; a controller interconnected with the option card receptacle, the controller to: apply a first voltage input to the option card in the option card receptacle and detect a first output from the option card; apply a second voltage input to the option card in the option card receptacle and detect a second output from the option card; determine an identifier of the option card based on a combination of the first output and the second output.