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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2011
Ahmed Abdelsamie, Napean, CA;
Antoine Boucher, Kitchener, CA;
Marc Élis Meunier, Kitchener, CA;
Sushil K. Verma, Richmond Hill, CA;
John Ivan Scharkov, Toronto, CA;
Ahmed Abdelsamie, Napean, CA;
Antoine Boucher, Kitchener, CA;
Marc Élis Meunier, Kitchener, CA;
Sushil K. Verma, Richmond Hill, CA;
John Ivan Scharkov, Toronto, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Various embodiments are described herein for a peripheral device and a method of identifying the peripheral device via power cycling. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining characteristic information about the peripheral device, encoding the characteristic information in a power signal at the peripheral device and sending the power signal to an electronic device that is operably connected with the peripheral device. The electronic device can then take action such as adjusting its settings or applications based on the characteristic information of the peripheral device.