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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:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2003
Applicant:
John G. Mccarthy, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Inventor:
John G. McCarthy, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for managing device reservation. In one embodiment, upon receiving a device command from a first host, a device targeted by the device command is reserved for the first host and a reservation time period for expiration of the reservation status is set.