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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:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Rowdy K. Webb, Portland, OR (US);
Amy Shipman, Portland, OR (US);
Jefferson P. Ward, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G07F 17/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1219 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1239 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); G07F 17/266 (2013.01); G06F 3/1273 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one example of the disclosure, a subscription is received. The subscription is to authorize a computing device to at least one of dispense or consume a subscription quantity of a resource. An authorization quantity of the resource is calculated according to a formula that considers a parameter attributable to the subscription. The authorization quantity is to authorize at least one of a dispensation or consumption of the resource at the device. The authorization quantity is sent to the device.