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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 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 method, system and device for securing ownership for a two-part device with a physical unit and a virtual unit so that ownership of the two-part device is efficiently initiated, maintained, and transferred. The steps include initiating, by a user, an activation signal from the physical unit to the virtual unit to activate an ownership procedure and employing a double safety mechanism to activate ownership services via the virtual unit for the physical unit.