The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Steven M. Blumenau, Holliston, MA (US);
John T. Fitzgerald, Mansfield, MA (US);
John F. Madden, Jr., Holden, MA (US);
Steven M. Blumenau, Holliston, MA (US);
John T. Fitzgerald, Mansfield, MA (US);
John F. Madden, Jr., Holden, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a networked computer system including a plurality of devices and a shared resource. In response to one of the devices attempting to access the shared resource and representing itself to the shared resource as a first device, determining whether the device is attempting to access the shared resource through a physical connection through the network that is different than a physical connection used by the first device to access the shared resource, and when it is, denying the attempted access.