发明名称 Dynamically Determining A Primary Or Slave Assignment Based On An Order Of Cable Connection Between Two Devices
摘要 Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for dynamically determining a primary or slave assignment based on an order of cable connection between two devices are provided. Embodiments include detecting, by a first device, insertion of one end of a cable into a port of the first device; determining, by the first device, whether a power signal is received from the cable at the port of the first device; if the power signal is received, performing, by the first device, a data transfer operation over the cable as a slave device to a second device that is coupled to the other end of the cable; and if the power signal is not received, performing, by the first device, a data transfer operation over the cable as a primary device to the second device that is coupled to the other end of the cable.
申请公布号 US2013080669(A1) 申请公布日期 2013.03.28
申请号 US201113246312 申请日期 2011.09.27
申请人 COLE CHARLES A.;JONES PHILLIP D.;RODRIGUEZ ADRIAN X.;SIIRILA JARED T.;ZHOU PING;INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 发明人 COLE CHARLES A.;JONES PHILLIP D.;RODRIGUEZ ADRIAN X.;SIIRILA JARED T.;ZHOU PING
分类号 G06F13/00 主分类号 G06F13/00
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