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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Cary J. Hoffer, Albany, OR (US);
David A. Pipho, Tomball, TX (US);
Inventors:
Cary J. Hoffer, Albany, OR (US);
David A. Pipho, Tomball, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An input/output (I/O) power control system comprises an electronic device having at least one I/O port and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to, while the electronic deice is powered off, detect coupling of an external device to the at least one I/O port and, in response to detecting the coupling, provide power to the I/O port.