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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Justin P. Bandholz, Cary, NC (US);
Ralph M. Begun, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew S. Heinzmann, Apex, NC (US);
Fernando A. Lopez, Cary, NC (US);
Justin P. Bandholz, Cary, NC (US);
Ralph M. Begun, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew S. Heinzmann, Apex, NC (US);
Fernando A. Lopez, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a design is for securing of leased resources on a computer. The design structure includes a computer for securing resources may comprise at least one processor, a plurality of resources, wherein each resource is associated with configuration data and a programmable logic device connected to each of the plurality of resources. The programmable logic device may be configured for determining whether a resource is leased, reading un-encoded configuration data from a resource, and sending the configuration data to a first unit, if the resource is not leased. The programmable logic device may further be configured for reading encoded configuration data from a resource, decoding the configuration data, sending the configuration data that was decoded to a first unit, and logging use of the resource by the first unit, if the resource is leased.