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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. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Vincent C. Skurdal, Boise, ID (US);
Mark L. Brown, Boise, ID (US);
Shane Gehring, Meridian, ID (US);
Inventors:
Vincent C. Skurdal, Boise, ID (US);
Mark L. Brown, Boise, ID (US);
Shane Gehring, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A docking station for a wireless mouse includes an output for communicating with a computer and a mouse detector for detecting when the mouse is docked in the docking station. The docking station is configured to transmit a signal to the computer to automatically deactivate the computer when the mouse is docked in the docking station.