Apparatus and method for sensing and responding to environmental conditions of a computer system at non-uniform polling intervals
US7705721B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Environmental sensors are distributed in a computer system to sense environmental conditions, and the sensors are polled at polling intervals which are adjusted in response to changing environmental conditions, thus allowing deteriorating or improving conditions to be recognized and monitored more or less closely as desired.
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