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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sean Michael Rieb, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Paul Jay Miller, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kevin Gale Foreman, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439225 ; 340543 ;
Abstract
An insert device provides a conductive path between various pins of a host computer's communication port in order to provide a computer program with the capability of determining the presence of the insert device for software copy protection purposes. The insert device is of a shape, size, and character such that a normal mating engagement between a mated connector pair is unaffected.