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Patent No.:

US 6820166 B1

Expired

Date of Patent:

Nov. 16, 2004

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2001

System for associating a function to an entity capable of communicating data across an interface

Applicant:

Inventor:

Masayuki Kitagawa, Irvine, CA (US);

Assignee:

Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

Primary Examiner:

Khanh Dang

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 1/300 ;

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 1/300 ;

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for selecting one of the two functions. The system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a first entity that has a host function and a device function, and a second entity that has at least one of the two functions. The system further includes a detector and a selecting mechanism. The detector detects the second entity when the first entity is connected to the second entity. The selecting mechanism responds to an output of the detector and selects one out of the host and device functions of the first entity.

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Kitagawa, Masayuki. (2004). System for associating a function to an entity capable of communicating data across an interface (U.S. Patent No. 6820166). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6820166

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