Automatically orienting hardware ports in a computing device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9998404
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14667761

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Automatically orienting hardware ports in a computing device, including: determining a location of a first hardware port configured to receive a first cable connector of a cable; determining a location of a second hardware port configured to receive a second cable connector of the cable; determining, in dependence upon the location of the first hardware port and the location of the second hardware port, orientation information for at least one of the hardware ports; and transmitting an instruction to position at least one of the hardware ports in accordance with the orientation information.

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LENOVO GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBHC/O BRIGHT LAW AG BUNDESPLATZ 9 ZUG 6300

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Alshinnawi, Shareef F Apex, US 78 462
Cudak, Gary D Wake Forest, US 379 3536
Suffern, Edward S Chapel Hill, US 108 1542
Weber, J Mark Wake Forest, US 70 553

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