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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:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2003
Applicants:
Daniel W. Hepner, Saratoga, CA (US);
Eric M. Soderberg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bruce Campbell, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel W. Hepner, Saratoga, CA (US);
Eric M. Soderberg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bruce Campbell, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and methods are disclosed for preventing computers in a network from concurrently processing a task, where the task can be successfully processed by only one computer in the network at a time. The system comprises a plurality of computers connected to the network and a locking device connected to the network, wherein the locking device uses a password change system to control which computer in the network is able to process the task.