Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mutual exclusion lock implementation for a computer network
- Patent Title (中): 计算机网络互斥锁的实现
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Application No.: US10395090Application Date: 2003-03-25
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Publication No.: US07320130B2Publication Date: 2008-01-15
- Inventor: Daniel W. Hepner , Eric M. Soderberg , Bruce Campbell
- Applicant: Daniel W. Hepner , Eric M. Soderberg , Bruce Campbell
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Main IPC: G06F9/46
- IPC: G06F9/46 ; H04L9/00
Abstract:
A system and methods are disclosed for preventing computers in a network from concurrently processing a task, where the task can be successfully processed by only one computer in the network at a time. The system comprises a plurality of computers connected to the network and a locking device connected to the network, wherein the locking device uses a password change system to control which computer in the network is able to process the task.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040194092A1 Mutual exclusion lock implementation for a computer network Public/Granted day:2004-09-30
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