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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:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Teac Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/312 ;
Abstract
A control unit of a peripheral device enables data to be exchanged between a unit of the peripheral device and one of a plurality of higher-order devices by using one of a plurality of interface units. Thus, the unit of the peripheral device is controlled by the higher-order device corresponding to the used interface unit.