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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:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Scott L. Michaelis, Plano, TX (US);
Anurupa Rajkumari, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Scott L. Michaelis, Plano, TX (US);
Anurupa Rajkumari, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system comprises a plurality of processors, and data storage storing information that assigns a role of boot processor to one of the plurality of processors and assigns a role of spare processor to another of the plurality of processors. The system further comprises logic operable, responsive to detecting loss of lockstep for the boot processor, for transferring, during system runtime, the role of boot processor to the spare processor.