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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1999
Thomas James Osten, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Edward Movall, Rochester, MN (US);
Neil Clair Berglund, Kasson, MN (US);
Nancy Marie Uthke-Schmucki, Eyota, MN (US);
Patrick Allen Buckland, Austin, TX (US);
David Lee Dosch, Rochester, MN (US);
Stephen Peter Mroz, Rochester, MN (US);
David G. Lund, Byron, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In an electrical system having a connector board with at least one electrical connector thereon for receiving an electrical device therein, volumetric vital product parametric data is stored in memory associated with the connector board. The stored volumetric vital product parametric data can be accessed with the electrical system to check for available space for a proposed electrical device, for example. The stored data may include information about dimensional characteristics of the connector board and the at least one electrical connector. This data can be compared with corresponding data for the electrical device to determine compatibility, for example.