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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
May. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan Sand, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Carl Sutton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Holly Knight, La Honda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395293 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for arbitrating access to a selected device in a computer system comprises a routine for registering access rules for accessing the selected system device, a plurality of competing clients which may each request a connection to the selected device, and an arbitrator which uses the registered access rules to negotiate access to the requested connection on behalf of the competing clients.