Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Input/output expansion
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-01
2009-11-17
Patel, Niketa I (Department: 2181)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Input/output expansion
C710S305000, C710S306000, C710S311000, C710S312000, C710S313000, C710S317000, C709S220000, C709S221000, C709S222000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07620741
ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for supporting device sharing between hosts via a bus fabric. A master host owns a device tree and provides IO services to at least one client host. The client host comprises generic device drivers and subscribes to IO services provided by the master host.
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Johnsen Bjørn Dag
Tørudbakken Ola
Park Vaughan & Fleming LLP
Patel Niketa I
Sun Microsystems Inc.
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