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US 9,476,929 B2Granted
Propagating pin corrections through physically mating devices
AssigneeLenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsKeith M. Campbell, Eric R. Kern, Caroline M. Metry
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Abstract
Propagating pin corrections through physically mating devices including bending one of a plurality of connectors of a first mating device; and mating the first mating device having the bent connector with an unmodified second mating device; wherein the mating of the first mating device and the unmodified second mating device bends a connector corresponding to the bent connector of the first mating device.
Claims5
A method comprising:
- mating a first mating device and a second mating device, wherein the first mating device is a mating connection of a computer device;
- determining, by the computer device, that a predetermined connector of a plurality of connectors of the first mating device is bent, wherein mating the first mating device and the second mating device bends a connector corresponding to the bent connector of the first mating device thereby propagating a pin correction, and wherein the bent predetermined connector indicates that the pin correction has been propagated;
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- executing, in response to determining that the one of the plurality of connectors of the first mating device is bent, a software function on the computer device that includes modifying the security features on the computer device, wherein the software function is tied to the pin correction.
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