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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2004
Mark Edward Shaw, Garland, TX (US);
Vipul Gandhi, Livingston, NJ (US);
Leon Hong, Plano, TX (US);
Gary Belgrave Gostin, Plano, TX (US);
Craig W. Warner, Addison, TX (US);
Paul Henry Bouchier, Little Elm, TX (US);
Todd Kjos, Los Altos, CA (US);
Guy Lowell Kuntz, Chico, CA (US);
Richard Dickert Powers, Highland Village, TX (US);
Bryan Craig Stephenson, Alviso, CA (US);
Ryan Weaver, Sacramento, CA (US);
Brian Johnson, Allen, TX (US);
Glen Edwards, Dallas, TX (US);
Brendan A. Voge, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Gregg Bernard Lesartre, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Mark Edward Shaw, Garland, TX (US);
Vipul Gandhi, Livingston, NJ (US);
Leon Hong, Plano, TX (US);
Gary Belgrave Gostin, Plano, TX (US);
Craig W. Warner, Addison, TX (US);
Paul Henry Bouchier, Little Elm, TX (US);
Todd Kjos, Los Altos, CA (US);
Guy Lowell Kuntz, Chico, CA (US);
Richard Dickert Powers, Highland Village, TX (US);
Bryan Craig Stephenson, Alviso, CA (US);
Ryan Weaver, Sacramento, CA (US);
Brian Johnson, Allen, TX (US);
Glen Edwards, Dallas, TX (US);
Brendan A. Voge, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Gregg Bernard Lesartre, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A partitionable computer system and method of operating the same is disclosed. The partitionable computer system has a state machine, a processor, and a device controller. The state machine can be configured to monitor the status of a partition of the partitionable computer system. The information provided by the state machine can be used to provide security within the partitionable computing system.