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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Daud Abd Al-malik Zoss, San Diego, CA (US);
Henry K. Flournoy, San Diego, CA (US);
George Bothwell, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Haselby, San Diego, CA (US);
Kevin A. Merrill, San Diego, CA (US);
Narendra Penumudl, San Diego, CA (US);
Daud Abd Al-Malik Zoss, San Diego, CA (US);
Henry K. Flournoy, San Diego, CA (US);
George Bothwell, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Haselby, San Diego, CA (US);
Kevin A. Merrill, San Diego, CA (US);
Narendra Penumudl, San Diego, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments for connecting and disconnecting a first pair of conductors of a jack from a second pair of conductors of the jack, the first pair of conductors configured to connect to a first line and the second pair of conductors configured to connect to a secondary line, detecting a voltage or a current on the secondary line while the second pair of conductors is disconnected from the first pair of conductors, and notifying a user in response to detecting the voltage or the current on the secondary line while the second pair of conductors is disconnected from the first pair of conductors are disclosed.