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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Applicant:
Gordon Chisholm, Perth, GB;
Inventor:
Gordon Chisholm, Perth, GB;
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Software executes on a processor of a device, such as an automate teller machine, at start-up to perform validation of expected peripheral devices for a predetermined number of start-ups. Once the predetermined number of start-ups has been reached with the same peripheral devices being present and operational the validation operation is curtailed and start-up of the device is sped up.