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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:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kendall C Witte, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell U.S.A., L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395828 ; 345163 ; 345167 ;
Abstract
A method of reselecting a pointing device for a computer in response to a reconfiguration event. The computer has a CPU, a coprocessor, and first and second ports. The coprocessor selects one of the first and second ports for sending and receiving commands to a pointing device coupled to the one port. The reselection method includes the steps of: identifying all attached pointing devices; resetting all. attached pointing devices; choosing an attached pointing device; and setting the chosen pointing device to the correct state.