Patent · US Expired

Mobile computer system capable for copying set-up application including removal routine from peripheral device for removing device programs after the device is removed

US6539476B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 1999
Grant dateMar 25, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/325
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A robust external interface for a computer system is disclosed. The robust external interface allows a user to insert or remove external peripherals to the external interface at any time such that the user does not need to carefully follow any scripted procedures. The external interface software detects insertions or removals and acts in an appropriate manner.

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