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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. 18, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinji Matsushima, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710-8 ; 710 11 ; 710 14 ; 710208 ; 710209 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus that automatically designates a peripheral device as either a master or slave in response to the peripheral device connections when power is turned on. The apparatus comprises first and second connectors coupled to a master/slave designation means which provides a control signal to designate a peripheral device as a master.