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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. 14, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Henry Ahrens, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Mike Conrad Duron, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Robert Allan Faust, Austin, TX (US);
Forrest Clifton Gray, Austin, TX (US);
Kurt Paul Szabo, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
714 25 ; 714 48 ; 710 15 ;
Abstract
A multitude of devices coupled to a processor are each given a location code, which is then displayed in proximity to each of the devices. Then, when the processor indicates an error within a particular device, the service person can easily find which device has the error by the displayed location code associated with the device.