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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2003
Philip M. Walker, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Philip M. Walker, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An attachable device configured to operate with an operating system (OS) to provide a specific computing capability to a computer system associated with the OS. The attachable device includes circuitry for providing the specific computing capability and an independent device communication path. The independent device communication path is configured to allow first data in the attachable device to be configured independent of the OS. There is further included an independent power source independent of a power source that triggers a boot cycle of the OS, wherein the first data is capable of being configured while the OS is in an inactive state.