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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2005
Eric R. Vook, Durham, NC (US);
J. Brandon Myers, Durham, NC (US);
Victor Kan, Morrisville, NC (US);
Karl M. Owen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Dennis Duprey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kenneth John Hayman, Apex, NC (US);
Abhijit Aswath, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric R. Vook, Durham, NC (US);
J. Brandon Myers, Durham, NC (US);
Victor Kan, Morrisville, NC (US);
Karl M. Owen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Dennis Duprey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kenneth John Hayman, Apex, NC (US);
Abhijit Aswath, Raleigh, NC (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, or computer program product for controlling access to software component features is disclosed. There are three available states for selectable component features. The three available states, of which one is selected, are: (i) enabled access to the selected software component features for users and other software component features on a data storage system, (ii) enabled access to the selected software component features by other software component features on a data storage system, or (iii) disabled access to the software component features.