USO0RE41076E
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United States
(12) Reissued Patent
(10) Patent Number:
Chu (54)
US RE41,076 E
(45) Date of Reissued Patent:
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COMPUTER METHOD AND DEVICE
(75) Inventor:
William W. Y. Chu, L05 A1105, CA (Us)
(73) Assignee: Acqis Technology, Inc., Mountain View, CA (Us) _
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A method and device for securing a removable Attached
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puter Module Bay (“CMB”) 40 Within a peripheral console
10 inserts into a Com
4,700,362 A
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to form a functional computer such as a desktop computer or
_
portable computer. The present ACM 10 includes a locking
(Commued)
system, Which includes hardWare and softWare 600, 700, to
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
prevent accidental removal or theft of the ACM from the
peripheral console. While ACM is in transit, further security EP
JP
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W0
WO 92/18924
* 10/1992
WO
WO94/00097
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WO
WO95/13640
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WO
WO97/00481
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35 Claims, 17 Drawing Sheets
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COMPUTER
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Sheet 14 or 17
US RE41,076 E
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US. Patent
Jan. 12, 2010
Sheet 15 or 17
US RE41,076 E
Primary PCI Bus
PCl Clock Asynchronous
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1
PCI Bus Controller XPBus Controller
Host Interface
to Control
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