Patent ID: 6029213
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An automatic IR port detection device comprising:a portable computer including a first and a second transceiver data port;an IR port detection and scanning program in the portable computer actuated by an initiating key command;a controller in the portable computer generating a systems management interrupt in response to the initiating key command being actuated;an IR scan timer being initiated in response to the systems management interrupt being generated;a system BIOS in the computer for actuating the first transceiver data port to scan for an external IR signal, the system BIOS sequentially actuating the second transceiver data port to scan for the external IR signal in response to the absence of the external IR signal received by the first transceiver data port; andthe IR scan timer being resettable in the absence of the IR signal being received by the second transceiver data port.