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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:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eugene W Pakenham, Greeley, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710-9 ; 710104 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed which enable a numeric parameter to be set on an electronic device without the need for a mechanical parameter selecting switch. An existing user interface device, e.g., a button, and an existing user signaling device, e.g., a power light, may be used to set the parameter on a non-volatile memory device which may be provided in association with the electronic device. This allows a parameter, such as an address location, to be set on an electronic device, such as a computer peripheral device, without the need for a mechanical parameter selecting switch.