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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2009
David A. Moore, Houston, TX (US);
Lynn G. Pipkin, Iii, Houston, TX (US);
Allen T. Morrison, Houston, TX (US);
Hoang Thanh Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
David A. Moore, Houston, TX (US);
Lynn G. Pipkin, III, Houston, TX (US);
Allen T. Morrison, Houston, TX (US);
Hoang Thanh Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A plurality of sensors are coupled to switching devices arranged in a series of switching devices. Each switching device has an upstream port and a downstream port. The series of switching devices is formed by coupling the downstream port of each switching device, except a last switching device in the series of switching devices, to the upstream port of a next switching device in the series of switching devices.