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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Charles M. Patton, Eugene, OR (US);
Stephen a Loughran, Corvallis, OR (US);
Rajeev K. Pandey, Corvallis, OR (US);
Charles M. Patton, Eugene, OR (US);
Stephen A Loughran, Corvallis, OR (US);
Rajeev K. Pandey, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for automatically linking a physical device and a predetermined associated virtual device to provide the physical device with access to at least one service. The method includes the steps of: manufacturing the physical device that is associated with the predetermined virtual device and attaching, to the physical device, a substantially unremovable communication identifier for communicating with the predetermined virtual device. The communication identifier typically facilitates communication over an information space such as the Internet.