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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2001
Scott T. Elliott, Rolesville, NC (US);
James P. Hoff, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Scott Long, Chapel, NC (US);
James P. Ward, Raleigh, NC (US);
Scott T. Elliott, Rolesville, NC (US);
James P. Hoff, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Scott Long, Chapel, NC (US);
James P. Ward, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method and system for binding a device to a planar is disclosed. According to the preferred embodiment of the method and system of the present invention, a programmable memory chip is provided on the planar and the device is detachably attached to the planar. The method and system further includes using the programmable memory chip to bind the device to the planar. Through the aspects of the present invention, the programmable memory chip transmits a message associated with the planar to the device, which is programmed to receive the message associated with the planar. If the message received by the device is not the message associated with the planar, the device is disabled.