Removable identity circuit for a networked appliance

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20060168370A1
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11013752

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The instant invention is directed to a variety of networked appliances, including equipment controlled or monitored via an Ethernet connection in industrial applications. In one example embodiment of the present invention, a networked industrial-application appliance, having a processor, includes a removable modular circuit board and a memory arrangement. The removable modular circuit board includes an identity circuit memory, an external-connection port for providing communication access between the networked industrial-application appliance processor and the identity circuit memory, and electrical conductors each of which is adapted to provide a connection with the external-connection port. The memory arrangement includes a nonvolatile memory device and is adapted to store an identity profile that is particular to the networked industrial-application appliance. The networked industrial-application appliance processor is communicatively-coupled to the identity circuit memory via the external-connection port and to the identity profile in the nonvolatile memory.

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SQUARE D COMPANY/GROUP SCHNEIDER1415 S ROSELLE ROAD PALATINE IL 60067-7399

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dew, Larry A Haslet, TX 10 265
Miller, Tim Clayton, NC 17 404
Wheaton, Todd C Wake Forest, NC 1 1
Winn, Jackie Laverne Raleigh, NC 4 51

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