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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2003
Martin O. Nicholes, Antelope, CA (US);
Sam Arthur Miller, Chicago, IL (US);
Martin O. Nicholes, Antelope, CA (US);
Sam Arthur Miller, Chicago, IL (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, a system comprises a standard interface for at least one standard procedure. The system further comprises a non-standard interface for at least one non-standard procedure that is not natively supported by the standard interface. The system also comprises an interposer for intercepting procedure calls made to the standard interface and determining whether an intercepted procedure call is for invoking one of the at least one standard procedure or for invoking one of the at least one non-standard procedure. If the intercepted procedure call is for invoking one of the at least one standard procedure the interposer directs the intercepted procedure call to the standard interface, and if the intercepted procedure call is for invoking one of the at least one non-standard procedure the interposer directs the intercepted procedure call to the non-standard interface.