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Replacing components of a data processing system

US11874878B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Martin Tröster · Renningen, DE
Philip A. Sciuto · Blooming Grove, US
Daniel Johannes Klodt · Altdorf, DE
Michael James Becht · Poughkeepsie, US
Giovanni Cautillo · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Jan 16, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/9032
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer implemented method for replacing components of a data processing system, comprising in response to a detection of a newly added component at a specific location; reading its customization data from a data storage and querying a persistent database to determine if functional capabilities according to customization data are specified for this specific location; depending on a result of determining the functional capabilities and of querying the database if it contains customization data either: disabling the component; or enabling the component and storing in the database the customization data; or enabling the component and replacing the customization data in the database; or storing the customization data in the data storage of the component and enabling the component.

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