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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2002
Applicants:
Bruce Gaya, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Marcy, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Chris Parker, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bruce Gaya, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Marcy, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Chris Parker, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment provides for a management and resource policy for computers. The policy may control whether users can access or not access local and network software and hardware resources and affects the computer's human interface. A hierarchy of management data may be combined into managed and unmanaged preference data and conflicts within the management data are resolved based on the policy.