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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
Michael Factor, Haifa, IL;
Thomas Charles Jarvis, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Akira Kubo, Tucson, AZ (US);
Orit Nissan-messing, Hod HaSharon, IL;
Gary Valentin, Tel Aviv, IL;
Elena Yerushalmi, Hertzeliya, IL;
Aviad Zlotnick, D.N. Lower Galilee, IL;
Michael Factor, Haifa, IL;
Thomas Charles Jarvis, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Akira Kubo, Tucson, AZ (US);
Orit Nissan-Messing, Hod HaSharon, IL;
Gary Valentin, Tel Aviv, IL;
Elena Yerushalmi, Hertzeliya, IL;
Aviad Zlotnick, D.N. Lower Galilee, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method, device and computer program product for determining a characteristic of an identifiable component. The method includes: receiving identification information representative of an identity of components that belong to a group of components, determining at least one characteristic of an identifiable component in response to the received identification information, and performing at least one characteristic responsive operation. The device includes an identifiable component and a component characteristic determiner. The component characteristic determiner is adapted to receive identification information representative of an identity of components that belong to a group of components and to determine at least one characteristic of the identifiable component in response to a relationship between the received identification information and reference identification information. The device is adapted to perform at least one characteristic responsive information.