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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Ericsson Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Revathi Appukuttan Pillai, Littleton, MA (US);
Willy Chang, Northborough, MA (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence Hemstreet, Jefferson, MA (US);
Ramdas Sitaram Rao, Brighton, MA (US);
ERICSSON INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
There is provided a product that includes (i) a component, (ii) a storage device that holds a configuration code that indicates that the component is installed in the product, (iii) a processor, and (iv) a memory that contains instructions that are readable by the processor and that control the processor to (a) read the configuration code from the storage device, (b) determine from the configuration code that the component is installed in the product, thus yielding a determination, and (c) execute an operation in response to the determination.