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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:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2002
Paul Szucs, Ostfildern, DE;
Andreas Schwager, Fellbach, DE;
Matthias Mayer, Stuttgart, DE;
Sony International (Europe) GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
A method is provided for extracting device status information from a device which includes an IEEE 1394 interface. Said device is instructed by a device status information tester connected to said device to execute device self tests and to provide corresponding self test results and device specific information for said device status information tester, wherein said reading and instructing procedures between said device status information tester and said device are performed on the basis of a low level communication protocol of said IEEE 1394 interface.
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