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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joe D. Bolding, Allen, TX (US);
Daniel G. Tormey, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/62 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/62 ;
Abstract
Simulated computer hardware is differentiated from physical computer hardware for user code by detecting a sequence of instructions which produce no effect on physical computer hardware but which set a flag on simulated computer hardware. User code may thus issue the sequence of instructions, then check the flag to determine whether it is executing on simulated hardware or physical hardware.