Patent ID: 8065443
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04M

Abstract:
1. A component identification system for a data-handling system, comprising: a portable data-handling unit, comprising a processing unit; a data-handling system component; a component identification module that is a part of a component in the portable data-handling unit and identifies the component present in the portable data-handling unit, the component identification module located with said data-handling system component, comprising a non-volatile memory storing information identifying at least one attribute of the data-handling system component with which it is located; a power storage component; a communication control component that causes said processing unit to wake-up from a sleeping state or other energy conservation state and activate an appropriate component based on information received from a short-range radio; and a one-wire bus, coupled with said processing unit and with said component identification module; wherein said processing unit causes operating power to be transferred to said component identification module via said one-wire bus, wherein said component identification module then communicates information stored in said non-volatile memory to said processing unit via said one-wire bus, and wherein the portable data-handling unit distinguishes one power storage component from another power storage component.