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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. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marc D. Alexander, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Ricardo Luis Martinez, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/130 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/130 ;
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and system are provided that include reading a first indicator from a memory location, checking a first port associated with the first indicator for the presence of a peripheral device, and, in response to the peripheral device not being present on the first port, storing a second indicator associated with a second port in the memory location.