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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:
Nov. 22, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2012
Applicants:

Richard W. German, Carmel, IN (US);

Tony E. Thompson, Leo, IN (US);

Inventors:

Richard W. German, Carmel, IN (US);

Tony E. Thompson, Leo, IN (US);

Assignee:

Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park, SG;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3051 (2013.01); G06F 11/3031 (2013.01); G06F 11/3442 (2013.01); G06F 11/327 (2013.01); G06F 2201/875 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various methods for application costing based on the hardware of a client device are provided. One example method may comprise receiving a message comprising an indication of one or more hardware requirements associated with a service. The method of this example embodiment may further comprise determine one or more hardware attributes related to the one or more hardware requirements. The method of this example embodiment may further comprise evaluating whether the one or more hardware attributes satisfy the one or more hardware requirements. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided.


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