Systems including replaceable fuel cell apparatus and methods of using replaceable fuel cell apparatus
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMichael L. Bullock, Winthrop D. Childers
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Abstract
A system in accordance with a present invention includes a host device and a fuel cell apparatus with an information storage device. A method of operating a host device in accordance with a present invention includes the step(s) of writing data to, and/or accessing data on, a fuel cell apparatus information storage device.
Claims31
A system, comprising:
- a replaceable fuel cell apparatus including a fuel reservoir and a fuel cell information storage device;
- and
- a host device, including a host processor, configured to receive the fuel cell apparatus such that the information storage device is operably connected to the host processor.
A method operating a host device that is configured to receive a fuel cell apparatus that includes a fuel reservoir and an information storage device, the method comprising the steps of:
- accessing data stored on the fuel cell apparatus information storage device;
- and
- performing a predetermined host device function in response to the accessed data.
A method operating a host device that is configured to receive a fuel cell apparatus that includes a fuel reservoir and an information storage device, the method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring host device operation;
- and
- recording data on the fuel cell apparatus information storage device in response to the monitored host device operation.
A method of gathering data corresponding to the operation of a host device, comprising the steps of:
- providing a fuel cell apparatus that includes a fuel reservoir and an information storage device;
- operably connecting the fuel cell apparatus to the host device;
- recording data on the fuel cell apparatus information storage device in response to operation of the host device operation;
- retrieving the fuel cell apparatus;
- reading the data recorded on the fuel cell apparatus information storage device by the host device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.