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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:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey S Autor, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel J Zink, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710103 ; 235380 ; 361 58 ; 361684 ; 361801 ; 711170 ; 714-3 ; 714 48 ;
Abstract
A computer system has a connector and a circuit card that is inserted in the connector. A mechanism that is associated with the connector and the card has a state for indicating when the card is secured to the connector. A controller of the computer system is configured to monitor the state and provide an indication when the state changes. A processor of the computer system is configured to determine when software of the computer system is interacting with the connector and based on the determining and the indication, regulating interaction of the computer system with the card.