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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2007
Applicants:
Chih-yi Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mitalee Gujar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chih-Yi Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mitalee Gujar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Environmental sensors are distributed in a computer system to sense environmental conditions, and the sensors are polled at polling intervals which are adjusted in response to changing environmental conditions, thus allowing deteriorating or improving conditions to be recognized and monitored more or less closely as desired.