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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
May. 13, 1994
Neal E Broadbent, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a mated communications receptacle for coupling a standard communications plug to a computer system is described. The method and apparatus includes using an IC card which forms at its rear edge a first communications receptacle half. The method and apparatus also includes using an IC card receptacle which forms a second communications receptacle half along one of its slot edges. When the IC card is inserted into the IC card receptacle, the first communications receptacle half of the IC card becomes located opposite the second communications receptacle half of the IC card receptacle, and a full communications receptacle is formed for coupling to the standard communications plug.