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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:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ron Fuller, Tigard, OR (US);
Nelson Yaple, Aloha, OR (US);
Assignee:
Itel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39575006 ;
Abstract
A communications card for use with a computer system that provides a system for reducing unnecessary power consumption. When the system is enabled, the card prevents the computer system from detecting insertion of the card until cable necessary for communication is connected to the card. Once a cable is connected, two nodes within the card are coupled together allowing the computer system to detect the presence of the card. The computer system then activates the card by applying power thereto.