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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2003
Brian J. Cagno, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew D. Bomhoff, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregg S. Lucas, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenny N. Qiu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Andrew E. Seidel, Tucson, AZ (US);
Brian J. Cagno, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew D. Bomhoff, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregg S. Lucas, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenny N. Qiu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Andrew E. Seidel, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to provide a signal using a communication link. The method disposes a passive transponder on the communication link, where that passive transponder includes a memory. The method reads information relating to the communication link from the memory, and then, based upon that information, adjusts certain characteristics of a signal provided using the communication link.