US 7,321,314 B2
Device, system and method of detection of input unit disconnection
Nimrod Diamant, Kfar Saba (Israel)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US)
Filed on Mar. 09, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/74,626.
Prior Publication US 2006/0208884 A1, Sep. 21, 2006
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 340—657  [340/568.4] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a detector associated with a first computing platform to detect a connection status of an input unit connected to a standard socket of said first computing platform based on an operational property of said input unit; and
an alert unit to provide an alert to a second computing platform when said input unit is disconnected from said standard socket of said first computing platform.