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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2002
Edward J Sharpe, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Louis D. Huemiller, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Sushanth Rai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhi-hui Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edward J Sharpe, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Louis D. Huemiller, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Sushanth Rai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhi-Hui Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method in a computer for facilitating interaction between an application program and a subsystem is disclosed. The method includes providing a virtual process file system layer. The virtual process file system layer is configured to interact with the subsystem in a substantially content-independent manner. The method additionally includes providing a content dependent module, the content dependent module being associated with the subsystem and is configured interact with the subsystem in a content-dependent manner. The method further includes providing a directory structure table, the directory structure table being configured to track a name of the content dependent module, wherein the content-dependent module is configured to be registered with the directory structure table using a dynamic name.