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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2003
Applicant:
Dong Wei, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dong Wei, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for avoiding name collision for the advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) control methods. Accordingly, a method embodiment of the present invention comprises, obtaining a ACPI control method reserved name, obtaining a unique first argument, and associating the first argument with the reserved name to form a unique identifier for said specific control method, such that name collisions are avoided by preventing use of a same identifier for different specific control methods.