Automatic identification of computer systems
US6601164B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/181
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data processing system has one or more portions which are present or absent. The variant of the data processing system is automatically determined by means of an infra-red switch whose beam is broken when the one or more portions are absent and not being detected when said one or more portions are present and is not broken when the one or more portions are present. From the output of the infra-red switch, the variant of the data processing system is determined. The variant information is then stored in the data processing system.
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