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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2007
Applicants:

Michael N. Robillard, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Jason Pritchard, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Himanshu Agrawal, Cambridge, MA (US);

Jason B. Stock, Hopedale, MA (US);

Inventors:

Michael N. Robillard, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Jason Pritchard, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Himanshu Agrawal, Cambridge, MA (US);

Jason B. Stock, Hopedale, MA (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system for powering on downstream devices includes a master device; a first slave device; and a first communication link connecting the master device to the slave device for enabling the master device to transmit data signals to the slave device. The master device includes a power-on signal generator for injecting a power-on signal onto the communication link and the first slave device includes a power-on signal receiver for detecting the power-on signal injected on the communication link by the power-on signal generator and powering on the first slave device.


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