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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Shivaram H. Mysore, Kirkland, WA (US);
Dan Sledz, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Shivaram H. Mysore, Kirkland, WA (US);
Dan Sledz, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hybrid resource manager is provided for use in a computing environment. The hybrid resource manager serves as the single resource manager that cooperates with an operating system to manage each of the individual device drivers associated with the various functions of a multifunction hardware device. In one example the hybrid resource manager implements a consistent management and policy framework to prevent conflicts from arising when multiple functions are simultaneously requested by various applications.