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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1995
Keith E Duvall, Niwot, CO (US);
Ronald L Heiney, Longmont, CO (US);
Anthony F Stuart, Jamestown, CO (US);
Claude A Bugg, Boulder, CO (US);
Gregory S Felderman, Westminster, CO (US);
Stuart Walker, Boulder, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for efficiently utilizing the output devices of a computer system to perform output functions. The output devices are capable of bidirectional communication and are capable of generating information pertaining to static and dynamic attributes of the respective output devices. Responsive to the additional information pertaining to the static and dynamic attributes of the output devices, particular ones of the output devices are allocated to effectuate particular ones of the output functions.