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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:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R Klimek, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Weiss, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rolm Company, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395280 ; 439 46 ;
Abstract
A cable connector having pins reserved for conveying data through shorting can be used to automatically convey pertinent information concerning the cable, the system to which the cable is connected, whether the cable is attached at all, or any combination of the above, to the adjoining component. Such information can be modified at will by changing the pins which are shorted.