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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:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
James L. Eichler, Jr., Bartonville, TX (US);
Casey W. Irwin, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Efficient Networks, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
In one aspect of the invention, a method for identifying a product for use with a computing device includes determining one or more types of interfaces that are available to be coupled to a peripheral device without requiring physical inspection of the computing device. The method also includes identifying one or more products for use with the computing device based on the availability of the interfaces.