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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
Mark G. Atkins, Arvada, CO (US);
John Divirgilio, Middletown, NY (US);
Jay R. Herring, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Leroy R. Lundin, West Hurley, NY (US);
Nicholas P. Rash, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Karen F. Rash, Legal Representative, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mark G. Atkins, Arvada, CO (US);
John Divirgilio, Middletown, NY (US);
Jay R. Herring, Hyde Park, NY (US);
LeRoy R. Lundin, West Hurley, NY (US);
Nicholas P. Rash, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Karen F. Rash, legal representative, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A series of state transitions is indicative of performance of hardware service actions. A transition from, for instance, a disconnected state to a connected state for a hardware component is indicative of performance of a service action for the hardware component. Detection of this transition is automatic.