Self-describing system using single-source/multi-destination cable
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMichael J. Stumpf, Jeffrey L. Kennedy
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Abstract
An information handling system may include a plurality of communication destinations, a communication source, a single-source/multi-destination cable having a plurality of branches, each branch communicatively coupling the communication source to a communication destination respective to such branch, and a logic device communicatively coupled to the communication source and the single-source/multi-destination cable and configured to communicate to each of the plurality of branches both analog source identifying information and digital source identifying information regarding the communication source.
Claims21
An information handling system comprising:
- a plurality of communication destinations;
- a communication source;
- a single-source/multi-destination cable having a plurality of branches, each branch communicatively coupling the communication source to a communication destination respective to such branch;
- and
- a logic device communicatively coupled to the communication source and the single-source/multi-destination cable and configured to drive a source information signal communicated to each of the plurality of branches, wherein the source information signal comprises, during a first interval, an analog signal indicative of a particular communication source and, during a second interval, a digital signal indicative of the particular communication source.
A method comprising, in an information handling system having a plurality of communication destinations, a communication source, and a single-source/multi-destination cable having a plurality of branches, each branch communicatively coupling the communication source to a communication destination respective to such branch:
- driving a source information signal communicated to each of the plurality of branches, wherein the source information signal comprises, during a first interval, an analog signal indicative of a particular communication source and, during a second interval, a digital signal indicative of the particular communication source.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
- and
- computer-executable instructions carried on the computer-readable medium, the instructions readable by a processing device, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processing device to, in an information handling system having a plurality of communication destinations, a communication source, and a single-source/multi-destination cable having a plurality of branches, each branch communicatively coupling the communication source to a communication destination respective to such branch:
- drive a source information signal communicated to each of the plurality of branches, wherein the source information signal comprises, during a first interval, an analog signal indicative of a particular communication source and, during a second interval, a digital signal indicative of the particular communication source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.