Patent ID: RE39036

Claim:
A power-supply connection system for providing electrical power, from a source of electrical power, to operate any of a multiplicity of electronic devices, at least one of which electronic devices has an associated power adapter; and said system comprising: means for receiving electrical power from such a source; means for passing electrical power to such a power adapter that is associated with any of such electronic devices; automatic means, associated with said power-passing means, for automatically accepting, from or through any particular one of such power adapters respectively, electronic-device identification information for a particular device which is associated with that particular one power adapter; programmed digital electronic microprocessor means for using said identification information to select power parameters, for passage of power from the power-receiving means and through the power-passing means to said particular one device-associated power adapter; and means for activating the power-passing means to apply power therethrough to said particular one power adapter according to the power parameters.