Look-up table based USB identification

• US 6,981,080 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2001
• Issued: 12/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Thompson, Robert D, Carleton, John Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): AUVE, GLENN ALLEN
• Application Number:
  US09/773,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20020103952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,791 Days
• Field of Search: 710 8- 19, 710/104, 713/1, 713/2, 713/100
• US Class Current: 710/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0042 Universal serial bus [USB]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4411 Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers

Abstract

An embodiment of USB device comprises a lookup table in a fixed electronically readable medium comprising a plurality of product identification information entries. The USB device also has an electronically readable index that selects one of the plurality of product identification information entries, and the vendor identification information is stored in a location separate from the index.

Claims

1. A USB device, comprising:

a lookup table in fixed electronically readable medium comprising a plurality of product identification information entries;

an electronically readable index that selects one of said plurality of product identification information entries; and

vendor identification information stored in a location separate from said lookup table.

2. The USB device of claim 1 wherein said electronically readable index is set by connections on a printed circuit board.

3. The USB device of claim 1 wherein said electronically readable index is set by jumper connections.

4. The USB device of claim 1 wherein said electronically readable index is set by the logic state of pins on an integrated circuit wherein those pins an integrated circuit also have a function different from setting said electronically readable index.

5. The USB device of claim 1 wherein said electronically readable index is set by connections internal to an integrated circuit also said lookup table.

6. The USB device of claim 1 wherein said vendor identification information comprises a vendor identification number and a vendor identification string.

7. The USB device of claim 1 wherein said vendor identification information is stored in an electronically readable fixed medium.

8. The USB device of claim 7, wherein said electronically readable medium is read-only-memory.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

a USB interface;

a lookup table in fixed electronically readable medium supplying product identification information to said USB interface;

means for supplying an index into said lookup table to choose said product identification information from a plurality of product identification information entries;

amnd

vendor identification information located separate from said lookup table.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising vendor identification information in fixed electronically readable medium.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said vendor identification information comprises a vendor identification number and a vendor identification string.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said vendor identification information is in a fixed electronically readable medium.