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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Robert Glenn Synnestvedt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Glenn Synnestvedt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network device and method for sharing resources in a network. The network device includes a port through which a shared resource request may be received. A processor accesses a store of the shared resource data to determine if the shared resource request is grantable. If the request is grantable, the network device may grant the request and then update the shared resource data.