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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:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Charles William Thiesfeld, Lakeville, MN (US);
Inventor:
Charles William Thiesfeld, Lakeville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F013/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of discovering and assigning unique addresses to devices connected by at least one expander in a system is provided. The method includes locating each expander in the system. Also, devices connected to each of the located expanders in the system are scanned. Additionally, the method includes reporting a status of each device connected to the located expanders.