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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2008
Robert Christopher Dixon, Austin, TX (US);
John Wayne Hartfiel, Austin, TX (US);
Hien Minh Le, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Tung Nguyen Pham, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Robert Christopher Dixon, Austin, TX (US);
John Wayne Hartfiel, Austin, TX (US);
Hien Minh Le, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Tung Nguyen Pham, Cedar Park, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for a system. The system includes a plurality of controllers, each controller comprising at least an output pin and a plurality of input pins and configured to receive self-identify control signals through one or more of the plurality of input pins and to transmit a controller self-identify signal through the output pin based on the self-identify control signals. Each output pin is coupled to an external system. A processor couples to a first input pin of the plurality of input pins of each of the plurality of controllers and is configured to generate self-identify control signals and to transmit the self-identify control signals to the plurality of controllers.