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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2007
Applicants:

Souichi Takashige, Hachiouji, JP;

Naoki Utsunomiya, Machida, JP;

Inventors:

Souichi Takashige, Hachiouji, JP;

Naoki Utsunomiya, Machida, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A computer in which functions of its resources are divided to realize a plurality of virtual computersand which includes a plurality of physical devices. A managing unit of the computer, when usage of a virtual device has changed, selects a physical device compatible with the virtual device from physical devices usable for a control scheme and makes the physical device be associated with the virtual device and changes the control scheme of the virtual device, thereby achieving the control of devices in the virtual computers, where a plurality of control schemes including a shared scheme and a dedicated scheme are switched.


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