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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2006
Vaden Albert Mohrmann, Round Rock, TX (US);
Philip Joseph Grossmann, Austin, TX (US);
Vaden Albert Mohrmann, Round Rock, TX (US);
Philip Joseph Grossmann, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
For dynamically adjusting a color code corresponding to a task performed by an input/output (I/O) port, a retasking request for the I/O port is received. The retasking request may be generated in response to detecting a plugging in of a multimedia device into the I/O port. The retasking request includes switching the task from a first task to a second task. In response to the retasking request the task performed by the I/O port is automatically reconfigured from the first task to the second task. The color code is automatically changed from a first color code corresponding to the first task to a second color code corresponding to the second task in response to the reconfiguring, without user intervention.