Appeal No. 2003-2076 Page 5
Application No. 09/428,364
17. A method of marking computer system components and related
documentation to facilitate installation, the computer system components
including a system housing having a plurality of system connectors and also
including a plurality of external devices, each external device having an external
connector adapted to make a connection with a particular one of the system
connectors, the documentation including a plurality of information. sections with
each different section containing information pertaining to making the connection
between a particular system connector and the respective external connector,
and the method comprising the steps of:
(a) marking each system connector with a different installation code
element;
(b) marking each respective external connector with the respective
installation code element which marks the respective system connector with
which the respective external connector is adapted to connect; and
(c) labeling each information section with a section identifying heading
that includes the respective installation code element which marks the respective
system connector and respective external connector to which the information
section pertains.
Scholder's invention relates generally to computer chassis and, more particularly,
to a flexible I/O port configuration and connector labeling scheme for a computer
chassis. Figure 4 is a rear plan view of the computer chassis 10 of Figure 1 after the
computer system motherboard 200 of Figure 2 has been installed therein. The system
motherboard 200 includes various "standard" connectors, such as a parallel port
connector 203, a serial port connector 204, a VGA connector 205, a mouse connector
206, a keyboard connector 207, and audio connectors 208, as well as additional
connectors 209, which may be, for example, a USB connector and a network
connector. As shown in Figures 5 and 6, a flexible I/O label strip 500 is provided for
identifying the various connectors of a particular computer system. In a preferred
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